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©Geoff Gartside
Dist:0.3km<br/>I hope the food and drink has improved since I last visited the place. Then again, it couldn't get any worse. No wonder it was renamed and rebranded.
©Row17
Dist:0.3km<br/>The Swallows Nest is one of the pubs run by Vintage Inns. The previous sign has been replaced by this rather insipid design. [[2026693]].
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.3km<br/>There used to be a lot of pubs in Romsley, but most closed long ago. The Fighting Cocks was one of the few survivors, and some years ago was renamed The Swallows Nest. The building was originally a row of labourers' cottages, belonging to a long gone farm opposite. The cottages were knocked into one, to make the pub, and this was licensed in 1825. It seems however that there was a Fighting Cocks inn or pub in Romsley from at least the 16th century, but that presumably was on a different site. The present pub's cellar is said to be haunted by a former landlady. [[2026705]].
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.3km<br/>The B4551 goes uphill through Romsley.
©Gordon Griffiths
Dist:0.3km<br/>A Church of England primary school, taking pupils in the age range 5 to 11 years old.
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.4km<br/>The C of E Primary School on the Bromsgrove Road at Romsley.
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©Geoff Gartside
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©Richard Rogerson
Dist:0.5km<br/>These premises belong to BT, the telecoms company. The back end of one of their vans can be seen on the left. On the right of the property is St. Kenelm's Church Hall.
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.5km<br/>Above the door is a representation of a dove and the word "Peace". Avove that is a stone, inscribed with the words "Methodist Church 1930". [[2027991]].
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.5km<br/>The church building dates from 1930. The red and white decor seems recent. On the Blackheath & Halesowen Circuit website, the photograph shows the building with dark blue and white paintwork. [[2027999]].
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.5km<br/>The main road through the village, and which forms one of the three sides of the triangle, within which most of the village is contained. The other two are St. Kenelm's Road and Dark Lane. The cream coloured building on the right is St. Kenelm's Church Hall. The building started life as a national school, although it has been altered since then. The yellow sign on the left of the road, is to warn motorists of school crossing patrols in the area. [[2028017]].
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.5km<br/>The church itself is not in the village, but one and a quarter miles away, in rural countryside. It seems there used to be a settlement around it long ago, called Kenelmstowe, but that has disappeared, apart from a farmhouse. In the modern village of Romsley, the church has this hall, which is used for various functions both by the church, and other organisations. What is particularly interesting about the building, is that it started life as a National School in the middle of the 19th century. In 1925/26 it was remodelled as a mission room, but later became the church hall.
©P L Chadwick

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