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]
| St James the Great, Shirley | |
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 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 |
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.
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