Birmingham Bishop Ryder Warwickshire Family History Guide

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Birmingham Bishop Ryder (Gem Street) is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Warwickshire, created in 1841 from Birmingham St Martin Ancient Parish1. The church was demolished in 1960.

Birmingham Bishop Ryder has gained the following parishes:

  • 1925 Birmingham St Mary
  • 1939 Birmingham St. Bartholomew (part)

Mission Churches and Rooms2:

  • Staniforth Street Mission licensed for public worship 1869-1907
  • Maternity Hospital chapel has been licensed since 1922
  • General Hospital chapel (in the parish of St. Mary, Birmingham, until 1925) since 1921.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1880
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

See Birmingham Warwickshire Family History Guide

Birmingham Bishop Ryder Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Birmingham Bishop Ryder, Birmingham Church of England Baptisms 1839-1922

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Birmingham Bishop Ryder, Birmingham Church of England Marriages and Banns 1842-1937

Birmingham Cemetery and Crematoria Records

Birmingham Cemetery and Crematoria Records 1836-2017

Maps

National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

  • County: Warwickshire
  • Civil Registration District: Aston
  • Probate Court: Pre-1837 – Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory), Post-1836 – Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Worcester
  • Rural Deanery: Arden
  • Poor Law Union: Birmingham
  • Hundred: Hemlingford
  • Province: Canterbury

References

  1. F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) ↩︎
  2. Religious History: Churches built since 1800 | British History Online ↩︎