Belbroughton, Worcestershire

Description
Belbroughton, a village and a parish in Worcestershire. The village lies 3 miles S of Hagley station on the G.W.R.; and 5 S by E of Stourbridge, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Stourbridge. The parish includes also the manors of Bromhill and Brian's Bell, and the hamlets of Fairfield, Bell End, and Hartle. Acreage, 4749; population, 1902. An extensive manufacture of scythes, hay-knives, and many kinds of edge-tools is carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £952 with residence. Patron, St John's College, Oxford. The church is ancient, in the Norman style, and has an embattled western tower. Fairfield has a chapel of ease and a post and money order office. There is a Wesleyan Primitive Methodist chapel.