Birmingham St Stephen Warwickshire Family History Guide

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Birmingham St Stephen (New Town Row) is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Warwickshire, created in 1844 from Birmingham St George Ecclesiastical Parish. Birmingham St Stephen was abolished in 1950 with part of the parish merged with Aston Brook Ecclesiastical Parish and part with Birmingham St George Ecclesiastical Parish1.

The following parishes were created from Birmingham St Stephen:

Mission Churches and Rooms:

  • An iron chapel in New Summer Street licensed for public worship from 1867 to 18844;
  • St. Edward’s mission room, licensed from 1896 (later became the consecrated church of St. Edward, Birmingham)5.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1822
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1822

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Birmingham St Stephen 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 Stephen, Birmingham Church of England Baptisms 1844-1922

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Birmingham St Stephen, Birmingham Church of England Marriages and Banns 1844-1937

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Birmingham St Stephen, Birmingham Church of England Burials 1813-1964

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