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:

All Saints 1833-1904

Bishop Ryder's church 1838

Christ-church 1813


 * St. Bartholomew 1749

St. George 1822

St Jude 1846

St. Luke church 1842

St. Mark church 1841


 * St. Martin 1554

St Mary Whittall St 1793

St. Mary 1774

St. Paul 1779

St. Peter 1842


 * St. Philip 1715

St. Stephen church 1844

St. Thomas 1829

The following townships and hamlets are also considered as part of Greater Birmingham. 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:

Bordesley

Deritend St John the Evangelist - 1699

Deritend Christ Church - none Deritend St Basil - 1886 Deritend St Gabriel Barn St - 1869 Deritend St John formerly St Basil Mill Heath Lane/High St - 1886

Duddeston

Edgbaston

Newton-Row St Stephen - 1844

. 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.