The Bromsgrove Society exists to preserve the history and promote the sustainable development of the town of Bromsgrove in north Worcestershire.
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A Belbroughton Miscellany. M. Hinton & A. Spier, 1985, £5
A Bromsgrove Carpenter’s Tale. Margaret Cooper, 2001, £4
A Short History of Clent. John Amphlett, 1991, £6
Bromsgrove and the Housmans. John Pugh, 1975, £5
Bromsgrove Now and Then. Alan & Sheila Richards, 1988, £15
Bromsgrove, Images of England series. Margaret Cooper, 1999, £8
Bygone Bromsgrome and All That. Alan Richards and Norman Neason, 1991, £2
Bygone Bromsgrove Picture Book. Alan & Sheila Richard, 1983, £12
Bygone Bromsgrove. Alan Richards, Rev. W. Awdry & others, £6
Clent Celebrated. Carole Hodgson, 1999, £5
Family Walks around Bromsgrove and Droitwich. Margaret Cooper, 1988, £3
George Nicholson: Printer at Stourport. Audrey Cooper, 2001, £2
Ghosts, Murders and Scandals of Worcestershire, II. Anne Bradford, 2009, £3
Here Lyeth the Body – A Look at Worcestershire Churchyards. Sam Redgrave, 1992, £3
John Corbett – Pillar of Salt. Barbara Middlemass and Joe Hunt, 1999, £6
Memories of Wychbold, Robin Skerratt, 2001, £4
More Curiosities of Worcestershire. Ann Moore, 2000, £3
Nine Nightingales (Tardebigge). Pat Warner, 1997, £7
Secrets of Worcestershire. Irene Boston, 1997, £4
Sentenced to ‘Beyond the Seas’. David Clark, 2013, £9
The Hughes Collection - Bromsgrove’s Victorian Photographic Treasury. 2008, £4
The Man Who Adopted Bromsgrove: An Autobiography. Dennis Norton, 2017, £9
Times Past in Belbrought: Shops and Shopping. D. Cope, 1996, £3
Turnpikes, Tollgates and Milestones in South Worcestershire. B.G. Cox, 1980, £4
Worcestershire Privies. Alan Richards, 1999, £6
Worcestershire. Barry Freeman, 1996, £4
The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts was founded in 1898 by the sculptor Walter Gilbert. During the next 70 years the firm developed into a thriving commercial enterprise, acquiring an international reputation for the high quality of its craftmanship in metalwork, woodcarving, plasterwork, stained glass and other media.
Celebrated Guild contracts included Liverpool's famous Liver Birds, ornate metalwork on the great Cunarders Lusitania and Queen Mary, and the statue of Hygiea which stands in the garden of Chequers, the Prime Minister's country residence. However, the Bromsgrove Guild's most memorable commission was to create the wrought iron gates of Buckingham Palace. As a result of completing this particular task the Guild received a Royal Warrant in 1908.
When not working such high profile projects, the firm produced large quantities of lead rainwater goods, garden statuary, fountains, sundials, wrought ironwork and bronze light fittings.
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