St James the Great, Shirley explained

St James the Great, Shirley
Coordinates:52.4062°N -1.8265°W
Location:Shirley, West Midlands
Country:England
Denomination:Church of England
Website:http://shirleyparishb90.co.uk/ http://shirleyparishb90.co.uk
Heritage Designation:Grade II listed
Groundbreaking:1831
Parish:Shirley
Deanery:Shirley
Archdeaconry:Birmingham
Diocese:Anglican Diocese of Birmingham
Vicar:Rev Paul Day

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]

History

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:

Notes and References

  1. The buildings of England. Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner
  2. '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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