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The church originated as an iron mission church known as the Good Shepherd from All Saints' Church, Small Heath (I) in 1900. The foundation stone was laid on 22 April 1902 by Lord Leigh, Provincial Grand Master [2] and built to the designs of the architect J.L. Ball by the contractor John Barnsley and Son. The apse and three bays of the nave ...
It was a mission from St Andrew's Church, Bordesley. It was enlarged between 1899 and 1900. [ 4 ] The altarpiece is by Sidney Meteyard dating from 1916 and the statue of St Oswald was carved by George Latham.
The first portion of the church opened on Sunday 2 September 1894. [3] It was consecrated as St Aidan's by the Bishop of Worcester on Wednesday 14 October 1896. [4] The font came from St Stephen's Church, Bristol. A parish was assigned out of All Saints’ Church, Small Heath in 1897.
Its decorated gothic style and layout was admired by contemporary ecclesiologists for the correctness of its plan. [4] It was the last church constructed by the Birmingham Church Building Society. Out of this parish St Oswald's Church, Small Heath was formed. A storm in 1894 damaged the spire.
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The Diocese of Birmingham is a diocese founded in 1905 in the Church of England's Province of Canterbury, covering the north-west of the traditional county of Warwickshire, the south-east of the traditional county of Staffordshire and the north-east of the traditional county of Worcestershire (now the central section of the West Midlands and small parts of south Staffordshire, north ...
An iron mission church was opened in 1875, and a parish was assigned out of Holy Trinity Church, Bordesley. The foundation stone for the permanent church on Cooksey Road was laid on 15 September 1882. [1] It was built to the designs of A.E. Dempster and the contractor was Barnsley and Sons, Rylands Street North, Birmingham. [2]
Small Heath Athletic Club (later called Small Heath Harriers) established its headquarters at the Muntz Street ground from the club's foundation in 1891. Though primarily a cross-country and road-racing club, they also participated in track and field athletics, and during the summer months the athletes were allowed to train on the football ...