Birmingham St Mark Warwickshire Family History Guide

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Birmingham St Mark (King Edward’s Road) an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Warwickshire, created in 1843 from Birmingham St Martin Ancient Parish. Birmingham St Mark was sometimes called Duddeston St Mark1.

The church was built on King Edward’s Road, Ladywood by the Birmingham Church Building Society to designs by the architect George Gilbert Scott. The foundation stone was laid on 31 March 1840 by James Taylor. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Worcester on 29 July 1841.

In 1902 the ecclesiastical boundary of Birmingham St Mark was altered with the creation of Birmingham St Peter. In 1947 Birmingham St Mark Ecclesiastical Parish was abolished, the church was closed, and the benefice and parish united with those of St. Paul, Birmingham2 to form the Ecclesiastical Parish of Birmingham St Paul and St Mark3.

Mission Churches and Rooms: The Old School in King Edward’s Road licensed for mission services, 1908-144.

Alternative names: Duddeston St Mark, St Mark’s Church, Ladywood, St Mark’s Church, Summerhill.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1554
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Calvinist, Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, and Unitarian.

Adjacent Parishes

Birmingham St Mark Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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

Birmingham St Mark, Birmingham Church of England Baptisms 1841-1912

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Birmingham St Mark, Birmingham Church of England Marriages and Banns 1850-1937

Birmingham Cemetery and Crematoria Records

Birmingham Cemetery and Crematoria Records 1836-2017

Maps

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

Administration

  • County: Warwickshire
  • Civil Registration District: Birmingham
  • 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: Birmingham Borough
  • 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 ↩︎
  3. F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) ↩︎
  4. Religious History: Churches built since 1800 | British History Online ↩︎