FOR BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES & BAPTISMS
The churches were, of course, where your ancestors were baptised, married and buried. Many families would also worship at church every Sunday, and you can sometimes see patterns of a family moving closer to a different church but still baptising their children at their original, usually because this is where they worshipped. The list in the contents goes to specific genealogical information, and from there you can find links to posts including more information and images.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CHURCHES & CHAPELS, BUILT BEFORE 1851
Aston Juxta (see St. Peter & St. Paul's)
Christ Church, from 1805
St. Bartholomew's, from 1749
St. George's, from 1822
St. James the Less, Ashted, from 1791
St. John's, Deritend, from c.1375
St. Luke's, from 1842
St. Martin's, from before 1263
St. Mary's, Birmingham, from 1774
St. Paul's, from 1779
St. Peter & St. Paul's, Aston, from before 1086
St. Philip's, from 1715
St. Thomas's, from 1842
CHURCHES- ORDERED OLDEST FIRST
ST. PETER & ST. PAUL'S: one of only two churches in modern Birmingham mentioned in the Domesday Book (the other is in Northfield), Witton Lane, Aston
Records found online. If the links are broken please contact.
Baptisms: Online 1544-1639 / 1640-1740 / 1744-1775 / 1776-1813 / 1814-1835 / 1836-1875
Marriages: Online 1640-1744 / 1745-1753 / 1754-1813 / 1814-1831 (including 1561-1639) / 1832-1852 / 1853-1876
Records found at Birmingham Archives
Baptisms: Microfilm 1563-1775, Photocopy 1775-1805, Microfilm 1805-1959
Marriages: Microfilm 1561-1969
Burials: Microfilm 1544-1776, Photocopy 1775-1793, Microfilm 1782-1954
Built
ST. MARTIN'S: earliest mention 1263 (rebuilt c.1692 & 1873, alterations 1781 & 1786), Bull Ring
See posts from the blog: ALL
Records found online. If the links are broken please contact.
Baptisms: Online 1555-1708 / 1708-1717&1728 / 1718-1742 / 1739-1776 / 1777-1795 / 1796-1812 / 1813-1825 / 1826-1831 / 1832-1842 / 1843-1858 / 1859-1875 (one bap. of Edw. Jennens not included in 1555-1708 batch: 28 Oct 1620 of John & Jocosae)
Marriages: Online 1554-1707 / 1708-1795 / 1796-1831 / 1832-1879
Records found at Birmingham Archives
Baptisms: Microfilm 1555-1929
Marriages: Microfilm 1554-1981
Burials: Microfilm 1554-1915
Available to buy from BMSGH
Baptisms: 1554-1929 Marriages: 1554-1903 Burials: 1554-1915. On DVD or CD format: visit site.
In about 1692 the church was given a new exterior in red sandstone, keeping the interior mainly in tact; the spire was kept. The spire was rebuilt in 1781. In 1786 the interior was altered The 1873 rebuild was by J. A. Chatwin, everthing but the spire and tower replaced, including the interior.
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST'S: standing c.1375 to c. 1960 (rebuilt 1735), Deritend
See posts from the blog: None at present
Records found online. If the links are broken please contact.
Baptisms: Online 1699-1869 can be found here.
Marriages: Online 1699-1797 can be found here.
Records found at Birmingham Archives
Baptisms: Microfilm 1699-1881 Original Records 1882-1900 Microfilm 1900-1940
Marriages: Microfilm 1700-1753 GAP IN RECORDS Microfilm 1890-1940
Burials: Microfilm 1791-1812
Other records for St. John's at Birmingham City Archives, here.
There is a gap in the records for marriages 1797 to 1890.
ST. PHILIP'S: standing 1715 to present
See posts from the blog: ALL
Records found online. If the links are broken please contact.
Baptisms: Online 1748-1770 / 1780-1789 / 1791-1803 / 1804-1812 / 1813-1821 / 1821-1829 / 1830-1837 / 1838-1863
Marriages: Online 1715-1828 / 1828-1856 / 1856-1975
Records found at Birmingham Archives
Baptisms: Microfilm 1715-2009
Marriages: Microfilm 1715-1960
Burials: Microfilm 1715-1965
Built
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S: standing 1749 to 1943 most/1961 all, Masshouse Lane
Baptisms: Online 1847-1876 can be found here.
Marriages: Online 1847-1876 can be found here.
Records found at Birmingham Archives
Baptisms: Microfilm 1847-1929
Marriages: Microfilm 1847-1937
Burials: Microfilm 1847-1899
In 1847 the church was given its own parish from that of St. Martin's.
ST. MARY'S: standing 1774 to c.1925 (renovated 1857), Whittall Street
See posts from the blog: None at present
Records found online. If the links are broken please contact.
Baptisms: Online 1813-1847 can be found here.
Marriages: None online
Records found at Birmingham Archives
Baptisms: Microfilm 1774-1925
Marriages: Microfilm 1842-1925
Burials: Microfilm 1779-1884
A parish was assigned in 1841, out of St. Martin's. In 1882 the disused burial ground was laid out as a garden for the use of the public.
ST. PAUL'S: standing 1779 to present, St. Paul's Square
See posts from the blog: none at present
Records found online. If the links are broken please contact.
Baptisms: Online 1779-1812 can be found here.
Marriages: None online
Records found at Birmingham Archives
Baptisms: Microfilm 1779-1963
Marriages: Microfilm 1841-1982
Burials: Microfilm 1779-1939
A parish was assigned in 1841, out of St. Martin's.
ST. JAMES THE LESS': standing 1789 as a church to c.1956 (enlarged 1835), Barrack Street & Great Brook Street-Ashsted
See posts from the blog: None at present
Records found online. If the links are broken please contact.
Baptisms: Online 1810-1877 can be found here.
Marriages: Online 1853-1875 can be found here.
Records found at Birmingham Archives
Baptisms: Microfilm 1810-1970
Marriages: Microfilm 1853-1967
Burials: Microfilm 1810-1935
Opened in 1791. A parish was formed in 1853.
See posts from the blog: ALL - interior - why demolished - shops in the wall
Records at Birmingham archives.
Baptisms: Microfilm 1865-1897
Marriages: Microfilm 1865-1897
Burials: Microfilm 1817-1893 (some burials are also online at Find My Past, but you can only search by name and not by the church)
Building work begun 1805, spire and portico added 1813, completed 1815 & clock added 1816.
The church ran a Sunday School which moved to the infant school nearby on Ann Street when that opened in 1825. It also ran schools in the evening to teach children reading, writing and general arithmetic. The church established a number of other charitable provisions for the poor including a Provident Institution to enable children to have medicine and medical care, a shoe and clothing club available at 2d per week, and a visiting society to help the poor and spread the word.
Known Ministers
1832-1839: Rev. John George Breay
ST. GEORGE'S: standing 1822 to 1960 (extended 1882), Tower Street
See posts from the blog: ALL
Records found online. If the links are broken please contact.
Baptisms: Online 1823-1875 can be found here.
Marriages: Online 1830-1875 can be found here.
Burials: A List Uploaded by an Individual Can Be Found- 1851-1855 / 1822-1835 / 1836-1840 /
Records found at Birmingham Archives
Baptisms: Microfilm 1823-1955
Marriages: Microfilm 1830-1956
Burials: Microfilm 1822-1916, when the churchyard was closed and made into a garden.
A description of the area of St. George's in 1822 can be found in Langford, here.
For a list of the streets in St. George's parish in 1851 see here.
The church stood on Tower Street and near Great Hampton Row. The parish of St. George's was formed in 1830, when a rectory was built. In 1844 some of that parish was taken to be included in St. Stephen's, and in 1856 more again to St. Matthias's. The church had cost £12,735, cheap for a church at the time, and had 1378 free seats and 581 paying.
ST. PETER'S: DALE END standing 1827 to 1899 (destroyed by fire in 1831, rebuilt 1837)
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Records found online. If the links are broken please contact.
Baptisms: Online 1842-1875
Marriages: Online 1847-1875
Records found at Birmingham Archives
Baptisms: Microfilm 1842-1898
Marriages: Microfilm 1847-1898
Burials: No burial ground
Built between 1825 and 1827
ST. THOMAS'S: BATH ROW, standing 1829 to present, in part (bombed in 1940, only part remains)
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Records found online. If the links are broken please contact.
Baptisms: Online 1848-1867 can be found here.
Marriages: Online 1835-1875 can be found here.
Records found at Birmingham Archives
Baptisms: Microfilm 1829-1948
Marriages: Microfilm 1835-1941
Burials: Microfilm 1830-1908
Built between 1826 and 1829.
ST. LUKE'S: standing 1842 to present (rebuilt 1899 to 1903), Bristol Street
See posts from the blog: None at present
Records found online.
None
Records found at Birmingham Archives
Baptisms: Microfilm 1842-1872 Original Records 1873-1970
Marriages: Original Records 1843-1990
Burials: None
Designed by H. Eginton in the Norman Style, and consecrated in 1842. A parish given in 1843 out of St. Martin's. The second church was designed by Edward Mansell, also in the Norman Style. The original church was demolished after being condemned as unsafe. Now used as the Redeemed Christian Church of God, a Nigerian church; St. Luke's being moved and rebuilt at Attwood Green.
ST. STEPHEN'S: NEW TOWN ROW, standing 1844 to after 1950
See posts from the blog: None at present
Records found online. If the links are broken please contact.
Baptisms: Online 1844-1876
Marriages: Online 1844-1875
Records found at Birmingham Archives
Baptisms: Microfilm 1844-1950
Marriages: Microfilm 1844-1950
Burials: No burial ground
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