The Oratory, Edgbaston

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Date:1870 - 1879 (c.)

Description:The Oratory, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, from a postcard. Cardinal Newman, founder of the Anglo-Catholic Oxford Movement, came to Birmingham in 1849 and established the Oratory of St Philip Neri as a community of priests in 1852. The view shows the buildings designed by Henry Clutton before later Victorian expansion.

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Oratory, The Ladywood Hagley Road Edgbaston 1837 - 1900 (Victorian Period)

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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Donor ref:BMAG 1995v632.126 (74/7913)

Source: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

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