Church Road, Yardley (A-Z: 5B 76)
Ancient Parish
Enlarged by the incorporation of part of Sheldon 1948
Daughter Parishes:
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St Mary |
Acocks Green |
1867 |
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St Cyprian |
Hay Mills |
1878 & 1948 |
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St John the Evangelist |
Sparkhill |
1894 |
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The Ascension |
Hall Green |
1907 |
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All Saints |
Stechford |
1932 |
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St Michael |
South Yardley |
1956 |
Part of the parish of:
Christ Church Yardley Wood 1849
Neighbouring parishes
Aston, Coleshill, Sheldon, Solihull, Kings Norton.
Registers at Birmingham Central Library – Archives Department
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registers of baptisms |
1539-1950 |
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registers of marriages |
1539-1969 |
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registers of burials |
1538-1935 |
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registers of confirmations |
1895-1957 |
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registers of banns |
1822-1970 |
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graveyard survey |
1959 |
NOTE: Some Solihull registers, from Yardley area, now with Birmingham Record Office
Bishop’s Transcripts at Worcester
Commence 1608
BMSGH Register Copies
None
Gazetteer/Directory entries
YARDLEY, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of HALFSHIRE, county of WORCESTER, 4½ miles (E.) from Birmingham, contasining 2313 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king’s books at£9.19.4½., and in the patronage of Edmund Wigley, Esq. The church, dedicated to St Edburgh, exhibits various specimens of the English style of architecture, with a fine tower and spire of the later date; it has lately received an addition of of one hundred and twenty sittings,, of which one hundred are free, the incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £100 towards defraying the expense. Here are various bequests, producing a considerable income, for the education and relief of the poor. Great quantities of tiles are made in the neighbourhood, and conveyed to Birmingham, whence they are sent by the canals to various parts of the kingdom. [Lewis 1831]