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Castle Bromwich Hall
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mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
i remember it had deer on the land. when it closed.for years.we would mooch in the grounds,....at the back of the hall was a very spooky haunted graveyard,and house A hill called pimple,where withcraft happend....
back to the hall. the caretaker was a nice bloke he showed us around the inside, it smelled of old,fusty items.like aston hall.as we grew up we lost intrest in the place.
then bovis homes took over the place.
back to the hall. the caretaker was a nice bloke he showed us around the inside, it smelled of old,fusty items.like aston hall.as we grew up we lost intrest in the place.
then bovis homes took over the place.
The Hall in 1939 with a description of some of the interesting interior features. It also describes the garden as having a bathhouse and dressing room. Viv.
Source: British Newspaper Archives.
Source: British Newspaper Archives.
I wonder if this building was at any time part of the Hall estate ? Viv.
Prince Arthur stayed at the Hall in 1872. Viv.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Disraeli also was a guest seeking “quietude” in the 1870s.
Viv
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Viv
Source: British Newspaper Archive
An engraving dating to 1889 by MacPherson.
Viv
Viv
It's a Saxon fortified village.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
Bovis homes had it for a while and it was empty we
used to meet in the grounds at the back of the hall and church
the summer of 1876 the Bridgeman family had an important guest at Castle Bromwich Hall.
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli came to visit the Earl of Bradford. He arrived by steam train from London at Stechford station and was then driven in a horse-drawn carriage to Castle Bromwich Hall.
Disraeli had not really come to visit Lord Bradford. He had come to see Lady Bradford, Selina Bridgeman. The Prime Minister's wife had died four years previously after a marriage of 33 years. Now aged 72, he was desperately lonely. In recent years he had written frequently to the Countess of Bradford, sometimes three times a day! She gave him comfort in his grief. Altogether Disraeli wrote 1100 letters to Lady Bradford!
used to meet in the grounds at the back of the hall and churchthe summer of 1876 the Bridgeman family had an important guest at Castle Bromwich Hall.
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli came to visit the Earl of Bradford. He arrived by steam train from London at Stechford station and was then driven in a horse-drawn carriage to Castle Bromwich Hall.
Disraeli had not really come to visit Lord Bradford. He had come to see Lady Bradford, Selina Bridgeman. The Prime Minister's wife had died four years previously after a marriage of 33 years. Now aged 72, he was desperately lonely. In recent years he had written frequently to the Countess of Bradford, sometimes three times a day! She gave him comfort in his grief. Altogether Disraeli wrote 1100 letters to Lady Bradford!