Church Road, Sheldon (A-Z: 2E 93)
Ancient Parish
Parts of St Margaret, Olton, incorporated 1948.
Parts transferred to Yardley 1948
Neighbouring parishes
Aston, Coleshill, Bickenhill, Elmdon, Solihull, Yardley.
Registers in Birmingham Central Library – Archives Department
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registers of baptisms |
1558-1950 |
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registers of marriages |
1558-1966 |
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registers of burials |
1558-1939 |
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registers of banns |
1823-1972 |
Bishop’s Transcripts at Lichfield
Baptisms 1676-1844, Marriages 1676-1836, Burials 1676-1844
(Baptisms and Burials missing 1841-1842)
BMSGH Register Copies
None
Gazetteer/Directory entries
SHELDON, a parish in the Birmingham Division of the hundred of HEMLINGFORD, county of WARWICK, 4¾ miles(S.W.) from Coleshill, containing 423 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Coventry, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king’s books at £8.10.10., and in the patronage of Earl Digby. The church, dedicated to St Giles, is principally in the decorated style, with a fine tower of later architecture. [Lewis 1831]