St James the Great, Shirley
St James the Great, Shirley is a Grade II listed Church of England parish in the Anglican Diocese of Birmingham.[1]
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Location | Shirley, West Midlands |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Website | salterstreetandshirleyparish.org/st-james/ |
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Heritage designation | Grade II listed |
Groundbreaking | 1831 |
Administration | |
Parish | Shirley |
Deanery | Shirley |
Archdeaconry | Birmingham |
Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Birmingham |
History
St James Church was started in 1831 and enlarged in 1882. In 1893, Shirley became its own ecclesiastical parish.[2]
The church is in a joint parish with:
- St John the Divine, Shirley
- Christ the King, Shirley
- St Mary Magdalene, Shirley
References
- The buildings of England. Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner
- 'Parishes: Solihull', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 4: Hemlingford Hundred (1947), pp. 214-229; URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42685&strquery=shirley warwick shelley ; date accessed: 23 February 2012.
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