Acocks Green Worcestershire Family History Guide
Acocks Green St Mary the Virgin (Warwick Road) Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Worcestershire was created in 1867 from Yardley Ancient Parish. In 1931 the ecclesiastical boundary was altered with the creation of Tyseley Ecclesiastical Parish1.
Mission Churches and Rooms:
- Spring Lane mission room licensed for public worship from 1881 to 1908
- St. Gabriel’s mission room, Summer Rd., from 1909 to 1926
- Bishop Westcott Church Hall, Greenwood Avenue, from 1936.
Ecclesiastical Areas: Kidderminster Rural Deanery 1867-80, Northfield Rural Deanery 1880-1905, Solihull Rural Deanery 1905-57, and Yardley Rural Deanery 1957 –2.
Table of Contents
Acocks Green Parish Registers
Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.
Acocks Green, St Mary, Birmingham Church of England Baptisms 1721-1922
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Acocks Green St Mary, Birmingham Church of England Marriages and Banns 1867-1941
Nonconformist Registers
Acocks Green Methodist Church Register of Baptisms 1865-1930
Acocks Green Methodist Church Register of Baptisms 1930-1933
Acocks Green Directory Transcriptions
Acocks Green Bennett’s Business Directory 1899
Acocks Green Parish History
Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Acocks Green, a locality with a post-office under Birmingham and a station on the Oxford and Birmingham railway, 4¼ miles SE of Birmingham.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A Fullerton & Co. N.d.c. [1870-72].
Showells Dictionary of Birmingham 1885
Acocks Green, a few years back only a little village, is fast becoming a thriving suburban town. The old estate, of about 150 acres, was lotted out for building in 1839, the sale being then conducted by Messrs. E. and C. Robbins, August 19. The Public Hall, which cost about £3,000, was opened December 20, 1878 ; its principal room being 74 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high.
Source: Showell’s Dictionary of Birmingham 1885.
Historical Maps
British National Grid Ref: SP 11992 83310
BNG Eastings, Northings: 411992, 283310
Latitude, Longitude: 52.447626, -1.824988
Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps