St James the Great, Shirley

St James the Great, Shirley
St James the Great, Shirley
	St James the Great, Shirley
	52°24′22.25″N1°49′35.41″W / 52.4061806°N 1.8265028°W
Location	Shirley, West Midlands
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	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

Last updated May 13, 2025

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:

St John the Divine, Tidbury Green
Christ the King, Shirley

References

↑ 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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[1] The buildings of England. Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner

[HOW-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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