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Bromsgrove Walk: Town Centre【4K】

Located in the county of Worcestershire, and around 12 miles southwest of Birmingham, is the town of Bromsgrove. The first written record of the town comes from the 9th century as 'Bremesgraf'. Bromsgrove is situated at the centre of a large parish with St John's Church standing at a prominent elevated spot. The church dates back to the 12th century and can be seen at the start of the video. During the Middle Ages Bromsgrove was a small agricultural settlement. The right to hold a weekly market was granted around 1200 AD. Bromsgrove's geographic location made it a popular resting town for travellers typically heading from Birmingham to Bristol and vice versa. This was in the era of the horse-drawn carriage around the 16th to 18th century. Several coaching inns were present in Bromsgrove at the time. A few of the buildings remain, including the striking Tudor House, seen just after the 10-minute mark. Built in 1572, this was originally called The Hop Pole and stood on the High Street until 1840 at which point it was dismantled. Then in 1867 it was faithfully restored piece-by-piece onto its new home on New Street, where it stands to this day. In the 18th and 19th centuries Bromsgrove became a centre for nail production. The nails were made by hand with the nailmakers typically living in small cottages in courtyards off the High Street. Nailmakers were subjected to 70 to 90-hour work weeks for slender pay. This led to a series of strikes from the 1840s to 1890s. Mechanisation brought about the decline of the industry ultimately in the early 20th century. When the Worcester and Birmingham Canal was built between 1792 and 1815, Bromsgrove missed out on a connection to the waterway despite plans to do so. Instead the town was left to wait for a railway link. This would come in 1840 courtesy of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway. The current station in Bromsgrove opened in 2016 and is located well over a mile away from the town centre. Just something to bear in mind if you're planning a visit! On the high street is a statue of Bromsgrove-born poet Alfred Edward Housman. Housman's poems typically evoked country life around the turn of the 20th century. His most famous work, arguably, was A Shropshire Lad. Written in 1896 it is a collection of 63 poems whose themes revolve around young men dying in battle. Other famous people from Bromsgrove include Mark Williams and Michael Ball. 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO 4K EXPLORER FOR NEW VIDEOS EVERY WEEK 👇 https://www.youtube.com/4KExplorer?su... Filmed: 26th May 2021 Link to the walk on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/tE9XtV1BE4r1heJb9 Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Station Street 1:20 Worcester Road 2:15 St John Street 3:31 St John's Church 3:36 St John Street 4:36 Hanover Street 5:39 Worcester Road 9:14 High Street 10:19 New Road 10:22 Tudor House (built 1572) 10:54 New Road 11:11 High Street 13:10 A. E. Housman Statue 13:17 High Street 14:50 The Strand