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Images of St. Mary's, Acocks Green

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Plan of the church, 1867

Plan of the church, 1867

 

Map showing St. Mary's' shape in 1884

What had actually been built by 1884 (extract from Stone Hall sale catalogue)

 

St. Mary's c. 1905

 

 

A view from the end of Dudley Park Road

A view from the end of Dudley Park Road. Note the unmetalled road.

 

St. Mary's, c. 1905

 

Lych gate

The lych gate

St. Mary's, c. 1905

 

The 1871 vicarage, and behind it the church

The 1871 vicarage, and behind it the church

 

The East end

The East end

 

A full view of the East end

A full view of the East end

 

East end window

The Burne Jones window contains designs from 1861-1882. There is a book by Alastair Carew-Cox and William Waters on Edward Burne Jones' stained glass in Birmingham churches, which describes the window in detail.

 

 

The Nave showing the pews

The Nave showing the pews

 

The Nave without pews, probaby 1980s

The Nave without pews, probaby 1980s

 

Church House

This stands at the corner of Arden Road and Rookwood Road, and is now owned by Birmingham City Mission

 

Outing by charabanc

 

Introduction to St. Mary's

The Earl of Egmont and Acocks Green

Creation of the District, 1867

Illuminated address to Revd J.F. Swinburn, 1889

Church history, 1932

St. Mary's Acocks Green: "Out of the ashes...", 1948

Extract from C.J.G. Hudson's booklet on Acocks Green, 1966

Images of St. Mary's church

Images from the 1930s

           

   


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