St James the Great, Shirley

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St James the Great, Shirley
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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 / 52.4061806; -1.8265028
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

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:

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.