Thanksgiving at St Asaph's Church
First page of a leaflet publicising the thanksgiving service held at St Asaph's Church in 1901. The church stood at the heart of the Lee Bank community on Latimer Street and Great Colmore Street. The ...
The bells of St Mary's Church
The Choir at St Thomas's Church
The photograph shows the choir of St Thomas's Church. Also in in the picture are the Reverend Barton and the choirmaster Mr Stollard. In 1938 the Second World War was already looming despite efforts to ...
The Church in Union Row
Union Row Chapel, Handsworth, after being rebuilt in 1871 as Handsworth Congregational Church. The chapel was remodelled and expanded by the pastor in residence, The Rev. Robert Ann. A century later ...
The East Window at St Lukes
The East Window was the gift of Dr E Robinson MD in 1909 the work of Messrs Harvey Ashby, John Bright Street. Dr Robinson was the Vaccination Officer for the City.
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The East Window of St Luke's Church
The East Window was installed in 1909 after a bequest from a local doctor. Sadly it is not going to be a feature of the new St Luke's Church but will be fondly remembered by all who worshipped at the ...
The Friary, Handsworth
The Friary, Handsworth, in 1906, from the south west. The Friary, originally built as a farmhouse in 1658 and enlarged around 1700, lay a little way back from the road in Friary Road. It was demolished ...
The Gables Hall, Handsworth
Interior view of the Gables Hall, Finch Road, Handsworth. The building was registered for public worship in 1936.
The Kennedy Memorial, St Chad's Circus, Birmingham
Although the memorial itself cannot be seen this photograph was taken at the unveiling of the Kennedy Memorial at St Chad's Circus, Birmingham, on 8 July 1968. The memorial, a colourful mosaic with a ...
The Lord's Supper, Austin Road United Church of God.
A service where members of the congregation sit around a table to receive communion. Vanley Burke gained special access to record the life of this Pentecostal Church through his grandmother and mother, ...
The Old Meeting Church, Bristol Street
The Old Meeting Church stood on the east side of Bristol Street, on the corner of Ashley Street. The church was built by the Unitarians, dissenters who had quite a long history in Birmingham. The famous ...
The Oratory and Estate Office, Edgbaston
The buildings on the left in this Hagley Road scene form part of the Oratory and were originally the Oratory School. They were designed by Henry Clutton in a simple Italian Renaissance style in the early ...
The Oratory, Edgbaston
Interior of the Oratory, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, looking towards the altar. The low angle of this photograph gives some idea of the scale and richness of E. Doran Webb's building, completed in 1909. Interestingly, ...
The Oratory, Edgbaston
The interior of the Oratory, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, from a postcard. Although the Oratory of St Philip Neri had been founded in 1852 by Cardinal Newman the church seen here was not built until 1903/09, ...
The Oratory, Edgbaston
Interior of the Oratory Church, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, looking towards the altar. The church, designed by E. Doran Webb, was built from 1903 to 1909 in memory of Cardinal Newman (who had died in 1890). ...
The Oratory, Edgbaston
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 ...
The Oratory, Hagley Road, Edgbaston
The Oratory in Hagley Road began as the English Congregation of the Oratory of St Philip Neri, founded by John Henry Newman in 1849. On moving to the Hagley Road site in 1852 Newman engaged Terence Flanagan ...
The Reverends Webster, Whicker and Sheppard (St Thomas's Church)
In 1898, the Rev F S Webster accepted the Living of All Soul’s Langham Palace, London, and he was succeeded by the Rev. W G S Whicker, whose devoted labours on behalf of both Church and Schools are well ...