BROSELEY, industrial town, Shropshire, England, in the municipal borough of Wenlock (q.v.), standing high above the River Severn. Pop. of parish (1921) 3,037. It was once impor tant for its collieries and iron furnaces, including those of the famous Wilkinson; and for its clay tobacco pipes. The chief industries are now the manufacture of bricks, tiles and earthen ware. The early name of the settlement (12th century) was Bur wardsley. It grew in the 18th century as one of the first centres of iron smelting, exporting much of its output by way of the Severn.