A Comprehensive List of Birmingham Parishes and Chapels

Prior to 1715, Birmingham had only one ancient parish. Later, four additional parishes were built. The following list of churches comprise a comprehensive list of the Greater Birmingham parishes and churches (mostly) prior to the year 1851. These include:








 * - see also St Luke and St David
 * - see also St Luke and St David
 * - see also St Luke and St David


 * - see Birmingham Public Library for records from 1749




 * - also see SS Luke & Asaph








 * Birmingham St Luke - 1842 - see also St Asaph & St David












 * Birmingham St Matthias - 1856















An asterisk (*) = a parish church (see Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of England & Wales, 1848 edition)

The following townships and hamlets are also considered as part of Greater Birmingham. Each one is listed here because each one possesses one or more chapels called chapelries and therefore must be considered as part of "Birmingham" since they officially lie within Birmingham's ancient parish boundaries:


 * Ashted - 1810 - Northweastern part of Birmingham, but mostly is in the ancient parish of Aston juxta Birmingham; see Duddeston cum Nechells chapelries, St Mathew (1840) and St Clements (1860); St Anne (1869)
 * Blackwell - 1856 (contact the Warwick Record Office or the Warwickshire Online Parish Clerk project)


 * Hockley St George - see Birmingham St George
 * Hockley St Nicolas - see Birmingham St Nicolas
 * Ladywood St Barnabas - 1860 (contact the Warwick Record Office or the Warwickshire Online Parish Clerk project)
 * Ladywood St John Darnley Rd - 1854 (contact the Warwick Record Office or the Warwickshire Online Parish Clerk project)
 * Ladywood St Margaret 1875 (contact the Warwick Record Office or the Warwickshire Online Parish Clerk project)
 * Nechells St Catherine - 1878
 * Newton-Row St Stephen - see Birmingham St Stephen
 * Hockley St Nicolas - see Birmingham St Nicolas
 * Ladywood St Barnabas - 1860 (contact the Warwick Record Office or the Warwickshire Online Parish Clerk project)
 * Ladywood St John Darnley Rd - 1854 (contact the Warwick Record Office or the Warwickshire Online Parish Clerk project)
 * Ladywood St Margaret 1875 (contact the Warwick Record Office or the Warwickshire Online Parish Clerk project)
 * Nechells St Catherine - 1878
 * Newton-Row St Stephen - see Birmingham St Stephen

From: 'Birkenshaw - Birmingham', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 255-263. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50802 Date accessed: 23 November 2009.