It was sometimes known as Broomshull or Bromshall; in the Domesday Book, it was referenced as Branselle,[1] with an area to the south called Little Bromshall.[2] It was a possession of the families of Stafford, Bagot and Erdeswyk.[3][4][5][6] 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:
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.
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.
↑ 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
↑"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 )
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