Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove

The church belonged to a particularly large Parish during the early Norman period. Henry III arranged for the church and lands to be granted to Worcester Priory in order to support the remembrance of his father King John I, who is buried there. The Priory then ran the manor and collected rents and other income until the dissolution, at which point the lands transferred to the new Dean and Chapter. In February 1643, Charles I ordered that Bromsgrove's vicar John Hall be removed from his post as a rebel. Disputes about the vicarage continued through the Interregnum and Protectorate. John Hall was vicar again until 1652. His successor John Spilsbury, previously a fellow of Magdalen College,…

The church dates from the 12th century, but is predominantly of 14th and 15th century construction. It was restored in 1858 by George Gilbert Scott. There are 13th century and early 16th century alabaster monuments in the north chapel and an alabaster effigy of 1517 in the chancel. In 1855, the church built Holy Trinity Church, Lickey as a chapel of ease. Church bells are recorded from the 1690s. The first mention of a clock is from 1684.