Broom, Warwickshire

Broom
Broom Hall Inn
Broom is located in Warwickshire
Broom
Broom
Location within Warwickshire
Population550 
OS grid referenceSP081529
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townALCESTER
Postcode districtB50
Dialling code01789
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
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52°10′N 1°52′W / 52.17°N 01.87°W / 52.17; -01.87

Broom is a village in the civil parish of Bidford-on-Avon in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England, about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) north-west of Bidford. The village lies in the north-west corner of the parish between the River Avon, which forms its western boundary, and the road from Bidford to Alcester.[1] Broom formerly consisted of two hamlets known as King's Broom and Burnell's Broom. Burnell's Broom, the southern portion, was said to have been depopulated by Sir Rice Griffin of Broom Court during the reign of Elizabeth I.[2] At the 2011 census Broom has a population of 550

  1. ^ 'Parishes: Bidford', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 3: Barlichway hundred (1945), pp. 49-57. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56980 Date accessed: 8 February 2013.
  2. ^ William Dugdale, The Antiquities of Warwickshire, 1656 p729