DERITEND - St John

Formerly on south side of High Street, Deritend (A-Z: 4B 74)

Daughter Parish of St Peter & St Paul, Aston, 1890

Deritend chapel founded late 14th C.

Merged with St Basil Deritend 1939

Site of St John sold to city authorities 1939. In use as furniture warehouse 1943.

DEMOLISHED by 1961

Neighbouring parishes

Ashted, Castle Bromwich, Bordesley, Birmingham, Handsworth.

Registers at Birmingham Central Library – Archives Department

registers of baptisms

1699-1940

registers of marriages

1700-1940

registers of burials

1791-1812

registers of banns

1890-1940

Rev. Edward Palmer's visiting book while curate

1826-1839

Bishop’s Transcripts at Lichfield

Baptisms 1813-1842

BMSGH Register Copies

None

Gazetteer/Directory entries

DERITEND, a chapelry in the parish of ASTON, Birmingham division of the hundred of HEMLINGFORD, county of WARWICK, 1 mile (S.E. by S.) from Birmingham.The population is returned with the parish. There is an extensive brewery of ale at this place. [Lewis 1831]


[Last updated: 3rd April 2000 ]