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Bramewice 1168. Henry de Castel de Bromwich 1287. Motte and bailey
on Tame valley edge, timber buildings only. Park Hall, moated, home
of Ardens 1364. Site razed, C17th successor demolished. Water Orton
chapel 1317. Medieval Tame bridge. Botetourt, Ferrers families owned
C.B., Devereux 1640, Bridgmans 1712 - later Earls of Bradford, still
owners. Hall c.1630, porch later C17th. Early Georgian chapel encasing
timber structure. 1706 acres of C.B., excluding village, taken into
Birmingham 1931, bounded by Erdington, Little Bromwich, Yardley,
Yorkswood, Chester/Bradford Roads, Tame. Hodge Hill Hall, moated,
c.1569, sub-manor in 1622. Stechford Hall also demolished. Comet
Inn C17th.
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