Bramshall

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Village in Staffordshire, England

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::summary Village in Staffordshire, England ::

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Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Bramshall
coordinates
label_position	bottom
civil_parish	Uttoxeter Rural
shire_district	East Staffordshire
shire_county	Staffordshire
region	West Midlands
constituency_westminster	Burton
post_town	UTTOXETER
postcode_district	ST14
postcode_area	ST
dial_code	01889
static_image	Bramshall and Loxley Parish Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1751066.jpg
static_image_width	250px
static_image_caption	Bramshall Parish Hall
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Bramshall is a village and former civil parish, in the East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England; it is now in the parish of Uttoxeter Rural. It lies to the west of Uttoxeter, with a new housing estate to the north of it.

History

It was sometimes known as Broomshull or Bromshall; in the Domesday Book, it was referenced as Branselle, with an area to the south called Little Bromshall. It was a possession of the families of Stafford, Bagot and Erdeswyk.Wars of the Roses A Gazetteer- 2 by Michael Ryan Jones https://books.google.com/books?id=GNPEAwAAQBAJ&dq=bagot+Bramshall%2C+Stafford&pg=PA235

Bramshall seems to have remained in another branch of the Bagot family as the estate of Sir John Bagot (c.1358-c.1437), MP, of Blithfield and Bagots Bromley, Staffs., centred upon Blymhill, Bramshall and Bagots Bromley (History of Parliament biog http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1386-1421/member/bagot-sir-john-1358-1437"The Erdeswyks had for many years been mesne tenants of Stafford family property in Bramshall" (biog. ERDESWYK, Hugh (c.1386-1451), of Sandon, Staffs. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/erdeswyk-hugh-1386-1451) The sister and heiress of Robert III de Stafford (d.1193/4), of Stafford Castle was Millicent de Stafford, wife of Harvey I Bagot (d.1214). Whilst her elder son was the ancestor of the Earls of Stafford and the Dukes of Buckingham, her younger son was William Stafford of "Broomshull", ancestor of several other prominent Stafford lines, most notably Stafford of Hooke, Stafford of Southwick and Stafford of Grafton.

Although Bramshall is relatively old, much of it dates from the late 1990s when several new housing estates were built.

There was a military explosives storage area to the West of Bramshall, with 11 sheds approximately 75 feet by 200 feet, served by rail. It was used to store US explosives and was closed before 1971.

Governance

Bramshall forms part of the following levels of governance:

the Uttoxeter Rural civil parish
the Abbey ward in East Staffordshire and is represented by the Conservative Colin Whittaker
Uttoxeter Rural ward in Staffordshire County council and is represented by Philip Atkins, who is also Conservative
the Burton constituency in the House of Commons.

On 1 April 1934, the parish was abolished and merged with Uttoxeter Rural, part also went to Uttoxeter.

Public services

Water and sewage services are provided by South Staffordshire Water and the Sewage Treatment Works is in Uttoxeter. The distribution network operator for electricity is Western Power Distribution.

The nearest police and fire stations are in Uttoxeter. Bramshall is part of Staffordshire Police, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service and West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Education

Bramshall uses the Uttoxeter middle school system. There are no schools or other educational institutions in the village and the nearest schools are all in Uttoxeter.

Primary school students usually attend St Mary's first school, middle school children attend Oldfields Hall Middle School and senior school children attend Thomas Alleyne's High School; all are in Uttoxeter. Also, some attend the Catholic school, St Joseph's, before going on to attend Painsley school in Cheadle.

The local further education colleges in the area are Burton College and Stafford College.

Transport

Bromshall railway station was a stop on the Crewe to Derby Line and was the site of a junction with the Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway that closed to passengers in 1939. The Crewe to Derby line still passes through the village and the nearest station is now at .

Chaserider bus service 841 operates six days per week, linking the village with Uttoxeter, Hixon, Weston and Stafford. Some journeys also run via Hopton and Salt.

The nearest airport is East Midlands.

Media

The local newspaper covering the area is the Uttoxeter Echo.

Local radio stations include BBC Radio Stoke, Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire and Capital Mid-Counties.

Bramshall is covered by the Central ITV and BBC West Midlands TV regions both broadcast from Sutton Coldfield transmitting station.

References

"Bramshall | Domesday Book".
[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Bramshall/index.html GENUKI: Bramshall]
''Branselle'' (Bramshall) is listed in the Domesday Book as a possession of Robert of Stafford (as tenant-in-chief) whose own tenant was "Bagot" (https://opendomesday.org/place/SK0633/bramshall/)
"Relationships and changes Bramshall AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.

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