Place:Kings Bromley, Staffordshire, England

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NameKings Bromley
Alt namesKing's Bromley
TypeVillage, Civil parish
Coordinates52.733°N 1.817°W
Located inStaffordshire, England
See alsoNorth Offlow Hundred, Staffordshire, Englandhundred of which the parish was a part
Lichfield Rural, Staffordshire, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1894-1974
Lichfield (district), Staffordshire, Englandmunicipal district in which it has been located since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Kings Bromley is a village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England at the junction of the A515 and the A513 roads. The village has been since 1974 located in the Lichfield District, and the council ward of Kings Bromley had a population of 1,651 at the time of the 2001 census. (This area covers a few other small settlements including the villages of Hamstall Ridware and Elmhurst).

The Norman village church, which dates back to at least 1170, is named All Saints. The manor was anciently called Brom Legge, and derived its present name from the circumstances of its being the property of the Crown for nearly two centuries after the Norman conquest of 1066, previous to which it had been distinguished as the residence of the Earls of Mercia. Leofric, the husband of the famous Lady Godiva, died here in 1057. Henry III granted the manor to the Corbetts, who sold it, in 1569, to Francis Agard, of Ireland. About 1670 it was sold by Charles Agard to John Newton, of the island of Barbados, and in 1794 it was bequeathed by Sarah Newton to her cousins, John & Thomas Lane.

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The name of the village and parish seems to be spelled with or without the apostrophe fairly indiscriminately. Both King's Bromley and Kings Bromley are seen in official documents - the village's own website favours "Kings Bromley".

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