Catshill is a village in the civil parish of Catshill and North Marlbrook, in the Bromsgrove district, in Worcestershire, England, about 3 miles north of Bromsgrove and 10 miles south-west of Birmingham. The parish of Catshill was formed around the Turnpike Road (A38) in 1844.
The population of Catshill in 2011 was 6,858.
Catshill developed in the nineteenth century through nailmaking and, by 1914, it was one of the few villages in the area which produced nails.
Famous people
The poet Alfred Edward Housman lived in Catshill.
The professional footballer Roy Hartle (Bolton Wanderers) was born here.
For more than a quarter of a century, Sarah Hilda Haines was the much respected district nurse (plaque in church) who received the royal Maundy in 1980 at Worcester. Her son, Roy Martin Haines, a Foundation Scholar of Bromsgrove School, became a mediaeval historian (Worcester College, Oxford) and professor at Dalhousie University, Canada. A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge, he was awarded the degrees of D.Phil.and D.Litt. of Oxford.