A Comprehensive List of Birmingham Parishes and Chapels

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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 prior to the year 1851. These include:


 * Birmingham All Saints 1833-1904

Birmingham Bishop Ryder's church 1838

Birmingham Christ-church 1813

Birmingham Immanuel Church - 1865

Birmingham St Asaph's - 1878 - see also St Luke

Birmingham St. Bartholomew 1749

Birmingham St Cuthbert - 1870

Birmingham St David - 1865


 * Birmingham St. George 1822

Birmingham St George's Hospital St 1872 Birmingham St Jude 1846

Birmingham St. Luke church 1842 - see St Asaph's

Birmingham St. Mark church 1841


 * Birmingham St. Martin 1554

Birmingham St Mary Whittall St 1793

Birmingham St. Mary 1774

Birmingham St Mary - 1856

Birmingham St Nicolas - 1868

Birmingham St. Paul 1779

Birmingham St. Peter 1842


 * Birmingham St. Philip 1715

Birmingham St. Stephen church 1844

Birmingham St. Thomas 1829

Birmingham St Thomas and Immanuel's Church - 1830


 * = a parish church (see Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of England &amp; 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 thus ought to be considered as part of "Birmingham" since they, technically speaking, lie within Birmingham's civil parish boundaries:

Blackwell - 1856 (contact the Warwick Record Office or the Warwickshire Online Parish Clerk project)

Bordesley Trinity Camp Hill - 1873 Bordesley St Andrew St Andrew St - 1846 Bordesley Holy Trinity, Bbradford St - 1823 Deritend St John the Baptist - 1699

Deritend Christ Church - (contact the Warwick Record Office or the Warwickshire Online Parish Clerk project) Deritend St Gabriel Barn St - 1869 (contact the Warwick Record Office or the Warwickshire Online Parish Clerk project)

Deritend Chapel of St John - 1700 Deritend St John formerly St Basil Mill Heath Lane/High St - 1886

Duddeston St James the Less - 1810 (contact the Warwick Record Office or the Warwickshire Online Parish Clerk project)

Duddeston St Matthew - 1840 (for a greater coverage of years contact the Warwick Record Office or the Warwickshire Online Parish Clerk project)

Hockley All Saints - 1833

Hockley St George - 1823 (contact the Warwick Record Office or the Warwickshire Online Parish Clerk project)

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)

Newton-Row St Stephen - 1844 (contact the Warwick Record Office or the Warwickshire Online Parish Clerk project)

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.