St James the Great, Shirley
Appearance
St James the Great, Shirley | |
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52°24′22.25″N 1°49′35.41″W / 52.4061806°N 1.8265028°W | |
Location | Shirley, West Midlands |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Website | [1] http://shirleyparishb90.co.uk |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade II listed |
Groundbreaking | 1831 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Birmingham |
Archdeaconry | Birmingham |
Deanery | Shirley |
Parish | Shirley |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Rev Paul Day |
St James the Great, Shirley is a Grade II listed parish church in the town of Shirley in Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands, England. It is part of the Anglican Diocese of Birmingham.[1]
History
[edit]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, Tidbury Green
- Christ the King, Shirley
References
[edit]- ^ 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.