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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Broome like this:
BROOM, a parish in Kidderminster district, Worcester; 1 mile E of Churchill r. station, and 3½ S of Stourbridge. Post Town, Churchill, under Kidderminster. Acres, 716. Real property, £1,726. Pop., 118. Houses, 24. The property is divided among a few. Broom House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £320.* Patron, J. G. Bourne, Esq. The church is a brick structure, with a tower; and contains a marble monument by Flaxman.
Broome is now part of WYRE FOREST District. Click here for graphs and data of how WYRE FOREST has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Broome itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Broome, in Wyre Forest and Worcestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7931
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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