NORTHFIELD - St Laurence

St Mary Selly Oak 1862

Parts of the parishes of

Harborne, Edgbaston, Kings Norton, Frankley, Halesowen

Churchyard List of burials and fees received 1857 - 1880

Commence 1612

Part 1 (Fiche) Baptisms and Marriages 1560-1741/2, Burials 1560-1757

(Book) Supplement to Part 1 Baptisms 1742-1757

Part 2 (Fiche) Baptisms 1758-1841, Marriages 1742-1837, Burials 1758-1850

NORTHFIELD, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of HALFSHIRE, county of WORCESTER, 6 miles (S. W. by S.) from Birmingham, containing 1567 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with the curacy of Coston-Hacket, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £14. 15. 24.1 and in the patronage of the Rev. John Thomas Fenwick. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is partly in the early English, and partly in the decorated, style, with a Norman door. The small river Rea, also the Birmingham and Worcester, and the Netherton canals, run through the parish, in which there are quarries of freestone. Here are some remains of Weoley castle, formerly belonging to the Jervoise family. A charity school is supported with the income arising from a bequest of £150 by William Worth, and another of £100, in 1779, by the Rev. Mr. Soley. [Lewis 1831]

NORTHFIELD is a parish, in the Western division of the county of Worcester, hundred of Upper Halfshire, King's Norton union, Birmingham county court district, diocese and archdeaconry of Worcester, and rural deanery of Droitwich, 6 miles south - west- by-south from Birmingham, and 2 west from King's Norton station. ' The small river Rea, and the Birmingham and Bristol Railway, and the Birmingham and Worcester and the Netherton Canals run through the parish, in which are quarries of freestone. The church of St. Michael is partly in the Early English and partly in the Decorated style, and has nave, aisle and chancel, w square embattled tower containing 6 bells, with a Norman door: there are eight stained glass windows; one was erected in 1838 by the widow and daughters of the late John Johnstone, M.D., who died in 1836 and seven of these within the last twenty years : subjects, St. Michael and All Angels, the Ascension, the Resurrection, Christ Turning the Water into Wine, The Raising of Lazarus The Transfiguration: the subject of the east window in the aisle is the Epiphany; it was erected to the memory of the late Major General Sir William Clarke, Bart. The register dates from the year 1560. The living is a rectory. including Cofton Hackett, rated in parish register at £1,170 per annum, with residence, in the gift of the Fenwick family and held by the Rev. Henry Clarke, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin. There is a chape of ease at Bartley Green, likewise named St. Michael’s A charity school is supported with the income from the bequest of £433 6s. 8d. by the late Mr. Lloyd, and another of £100, in 1770. by the Rev. Mr. Soley. The Primitive Methodists have a Chapel at Woodgate. Most of the people are employed in nail making There are some remains of Weoley Castle, 2 miles north-west, formerly belonging to the Jervoise family Joseph Ledsam, Esq., is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Rev. F. J. Clarke, Mr. M. Grove, Miss Ryland, Mr. A. S. Evans, Mr. H. Atkins, Mr. W. Greenway, and Mr. W. H. Dawes. The soil is loam ; subsoil, clay and sand. The chief crops are wheat, oats, and barley. The parish is, for local purposes, divided into the Yields of Selly, with 452 inhabitants, 2 miles north-east, Hay, 563 Shendley, 569 and Bartley, 617. The population in 1861 was 3,130, and the area is 5,880 acres.

Parish Clerk, George Dutton.

Selly Oak is a manufacturing village, in the parish of Northfield, county of Worcester, 3.1 miles south-west from Birmingham. The Worcester and Birmingham, and Netherton Canals run through the parish. The church of St. Mary, erected chiefly by the munificence of the late J . F. Ledsam, Esq., lord of the manor and G. R. Elkington, Esq., of Woodbrook, was consecrated September 12, 1861; by an Order in Council, June 1862, it was made the church of a district of about 2,000 acres taken out of the parish of Northfield . it is in the Decorated style of architecture, and has nave, chancel, and transepts and tower containing 6 bells, from Messrs. Warner and Sons, London: the church was erected from the designs of Mr. E. Holmes, of Birmingham : the spire is a graceful feature in the landscape from every side: there are 611 seats all open, and of oak, of which 427 are free: there are six stained windows, five by Hardman, representing The Ascension, The Nativity, The Transfiguration, The Resurrection, and The Good Samaritan, and one by Messrs. Chance, the two last being memorials of the founders: the gasfittings, by Skidmore, of Coventry, are very elegant. The living is in the gift of the bishop of the diocese and three trustees, and is held by the Rev. Thomas Price M.A., of Magdalen Hall , Oxford. There is a mixed school and an infant school. There is a chapel for Wesleyans. Here are patent nail works and brick works. The population of this village has more than doubled itself since the last census, and is still increasing, owing, to the erection of large works for the manufacture of Elliott's patent sheathing for the bottoms and sides of vessels. According to the census of 1861 it contained 341 houses, and 1,483 inhabitants

POST OFFICE, Northfield. - George Dutton receiver. Utters arrive from Birmingham at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at 6 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Selly Oak

POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Post Office Savings Bank, Selly Oak. - Charles Frederick Yorke, receiver. Letters arrive from Birmingham at 7 a.m. ; dispatched at 7 p.m. : sunday, 7 a.m. dispatched 12.5 p.m

PILLAR LETTER BOXES:-

In wall, Bourn Brook.. cleared 7.25 p.m. week days, & 12.25 p.m. sundays

In wall, near the Church, cleared 6.0 p.m. week days, sundays 11 a.m.

In wall, Woodgate, cleared 9 45 a.m. week days only.

Registrar of Births & Deaths for Edgbaston District, Edward Baker, Selly Oak

SCHOOLS :-

National, Rd. Thomas, master; Mrs. Sarah Dutton, mistress

National (Mixed), Selly Oak, William Wright, master; Miss Mary Ann Davison, infants' mistress

CONVEYANCE. - Omnibuses to and from Birmingham to Selly Oak, several times daily

CARRIER TO BIRMINGHAM. - William Cutler, thursday