St Thomas' Church, Lee Bank
The tumbled masonry and the classical columns put one in mind of scenes of 'the grandeur that was Rome' but this is St Thomas' Church in Bath Row, Lee Bank, in a photograph taken in 1946 before clearing ...
St Thomas on Bath Row
An impressive photograph of the remains on the church. Taken in 1950 after the area had been cleared, the Peace Garden is still many years away yet. This area was heavily bombed during WWII and the Church ...
St Thomas on Holloway Head
A year after the war ended St Thomas's still shows signs of the bomb that hit it with rubble and debris . Of note here are the graves still present which were subsequently removed along with the rubble....
St Thomas's Church
E.R. Mason writes about the establishment of St Thomas's Church:
In 1825 the following brief note appeared in the Gazette:
October 10th 1825. “The local commissioners for the building of Churches ...
St Thomas's Church - A Century of Church Life by E.R. Mason
This is a history of the church's first 100 years by Ernest Mason. It is famous today for being bombed in World War Two, the surviving church tower was kept as a monument to peace and the grounds around ...
St Thomas's Church and Gardens
St Thomas's Church after completion of the clearance of the area for bomb damage from the war. The tower alone survived the bomb that hit the church, although it had to be shored up as is just about visible ...
St Thomas's Church and School
An engraving from 1865. The Vicar at this time was the Reverend C.T. Wilkinson who took over from the Reverend G.S.Bull. Bull had overseen the setting up of the churches of Immanuel (on Broad Street) ...
St Thomas's Church Interior
A very scarce view of the interior of the church on Holloway Head which was largely destroyed in the Blitz. This is looking towards the tower end of the church with the stained glass window. Today this ...
St Thomas's Church Tower
The tower, on Bath Row, photographed over the summer of 2006. There used to be an iron cross on the top of it at one time. Apparently a man climbed to the top of this tower and doffed his cap at the time ...
St Thomas's Tower
The spire of St Thomas's Tower on Bath Row. This spire is visible from some distance in all directions. It has survived the blitz and also the last re-development of the area and is now "overseeing" the ...
St. Andrews Church Magazine - "The Messenger"
The Church Hall of Saint Andrew's on Oxhill Road was used by Shades Of Black for their meetings. St. Andrews would advertise and promote theie activities through their magazine "The Messenger" and also ...
St. Mary's Church - Sites and Monuments Record
The mother church of a large parish. and in existence by 1200. Of C12-early C13 origin but much enlarged and rebuilt completely in the C19. Red sandstone with nave, aisles, chancel & South tower.
It ...
St. Mary's Church - 360 degree rotational view of interior
St. Mary's Church dates from the 12th century. It was completely resotred and partly rebuilt in 1876 under the direction of J.A. Chatwin.
St. Mary's Church, Handsworth
St Mary's Church, the parish church of Handsworth, was originally built in the 12th century, but was completely restored and much rebuilt in 1876
St. Mary's Church, Handsworth
St Mary's Church, the parish church of Handsworth, was originally built in the 12th century, but was completely restored and much rebuilt in 1876
St. Michael's Church - Sites and Monuments Record
The Architect was Mr Bourne (of Dudley).The church was consecrated on 23rd July 1855. A large sandstone church with ashlar dressings, comprising chancel, aisles and nave, west transepts, south-west tower ...
Statue of St George in St Margaret's Church
The statue shows St George in medieval armour as he is probably best portrayed. St Margaret's Church was demolished in the nineteen fifties, what happened to the statue is unknown at time of writing (2004)....
Summer School at Methodist Church on Coventry Road
Summer Schools were quite popular in the 1970's and 1980's as a means of supplementing the education of Black youngsters. At these schools emphasis was placed on history and culture and the three "r"'s....