 The settlement is first recorded ( as " Brownhill " ) on Robert Plot 's 1680 map of Staffordshire , at which time it was a hamlet within the manor of Ogley Hay , which in turn was part of the parish of Norton Canes . Ogley Hay itself had existed since at least the 11th century and is mentioned in the Domesday Book , although the 1801 census lists it as having a population of only 8 people . Beyond Ogley Hay lay Catshill , another hamlet which pre @-@ dated Brownhills and which lay within the parish of Shenstone . 
