Birmingham St George, Warwickshire Genealogy

England WarwickshireWarwickshire Parishes



Parish History
Birmingham St George is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Warwickshire, created in 1830 from Birmingham St Martin, Warwickshire Ancient Parish. The living is in the gift of Trustees. St. Stephen's church, in the parish of St. George, situated in Newtown-row. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists, Swedenborgians, and Unitarians; a Scottish church, and two Roman Catholic chapels.

The church was built in 1822 partly funded as a District Commissioner's church and partly by public subscription.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Birmingham St George

Bishop's Transcripts deposited at the Lichfield Record Office Bap 1823-1846 Marr 1830-1837 Bur 1823-1846

See also A Comprehensive List of Birmingham Parishes and Chapels for details of microfim for this parish.

Poor Law Unions
Birmingham Poor Law Union, Warwickshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Warwickshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Reference
See A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 255-263. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50802&amp;strquery=birmingham all saints