Birmingham St Martin, Warwickshire, England Genealogy
Guide to Birmingham St Martin, Warwickshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Birmingham St Martin | |
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| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Warwickshire |
| Hundred | Birmingham |
| Poor Law Union | Birmingham |
| Registration District | Birmingham |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1554 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1662 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Arden |
| Diocese | Worcester |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Archive | |
| Warwickshire County Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
There are about 35 post-1800 churches built within this large township to handle the large burgeoning populations of the 19th century.
Birmingham St Martin. Prior to the year 1715, Birmingham comprised only one parish. (By 1848) it comprise(d) the ... parishes of St. Martin, [and its chapelry of St Mary,], St. Philip, St. George, St. Thomas, and All Saints, [plus the chapelry of] Christ-church, in the parish of St. Philip usually called the "Free church"; St. Peter's, St. Luke's church, St. Stephen's church, is in the parish of St. George. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists, Swedenborgians, and Unitarians; a Scottish church, and two Roman Catholic chapels.[1] Also the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was established in the year 1844. See "Church Records" below for all parish and chapels of ease in Greater Birmingham for the Church of England.
Additional information:
Birmingham St Martin in the Bull Ring is the original parish church of the city of Birmingham.
The present church on the site replaced the 13th century church and was built in 1873 by J.A. Chatwin.
The original church reputedly included the first clock in Birmingham. In 1547, although no record is kept to indicate when the first clock appears in Birmingham, during this year the 'King's Commissioners report that the Guild of the Holy Cross are responsible 'for keeping the Clocke and the Chyme," at a cost of four shillings and four pence a year at St Martin's Church. The next recorded mention of a clock is in 1613. The earliest known clock makers in the town arrived in 1667 from London.
In 1690, the church-wardens "dressed the church in brick." All was cased in brick with the exception of the spire.
John Cheshire rebuilt 40 feet of the spire in 1781, which was strengthened by an iron spindle running up its centre for a length of 105 feet. It was secured to the sidewalls at every ten feet by braces. In 1801, several metres from the top of the spire were replaced after they were found to have decayed. The tops of the four pinnacles surrounding the main spire were also rebuilt. By 1808, the spire had been struck by lightning three times.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- Register of Graves, Vol. 1(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Society of Friends Burial Notes, Birmingham, 1852-1860(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Birmingham St Martin Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Warwickshire | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Warwickshire | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Warwickshire ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Banns-Warwickshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Warwickshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Warwickshire ($)
- Genealogist Parish Registers - Warwickshire ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
- Ancestry Collection Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919 ($)
Nonconformist Records[edit | edit source]
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Birmingham Poor Law Union, Warwickshire
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Warwickshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848). Adapted. Date accessed: 21 August 2013.