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- ↑ "Birmingham, The Ten Churches Fund". Coventry Herald. Coventry. 30 November 1838. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ "Birmingham New Churches". Staffordshire Advertiser. Staffordshire. 8 December 1838. Retrieved 1 March 2015.