BROOM, Worcestershire

"BROOM, a parish in the southern division of the hundred of Seisdon, and till lately in the county of Stafford, but lying detached, and under the recent Act of Parliament made part of the county of Worcester, 5 miles to the S.W. of Kidderminster, its post town, and 4 miles from Stourbridge. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Worcester, of the value of £320, in the gift of J. G. Bourne, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a small brick building with a tower. In the interior is a handsome marble monument to Mrs. Hill, by Flaxman. There is a school founded by the trustees of the late Earl Dudley, and some small charities. Broom House is the principal residence. Earl Dudley is lord of the manor."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]