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Holy Trinity Church Bordesley.

Hello annieshake,

O.C. is no longer a member of this Forum, so it is unlikely that he will see your message. I've done a bit of searching, but cannot find the title of the book that he is referring to. There is quite a good article on Wiki here:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Bordesley
and 32 of the sermons preached at the Church in the middle of the 19th century are preserved in various academic libraries listed here:- https://copac.jisc.ac.uk/search?&keyword=Holy+Trinity+Church,+Bordesley
I hope that helps.

Maurice
 
sospiri said:
Hello annieshake,

O.C. is no longer a member of this Forum, so it is unlikely that he will see your message. I've done a bit of searching, but cannot find the title of the book that he is referring to. There is quite a good article on Wiki here:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Bordesley
and 32 of the sermons preached at the Church in the middle of the 19th century are preserved in various academic libraries listed here:- https://copac.jisc.ac.uk/search?&keyword=Holy+Trinity+Church,+Bordesley
I hope that helps.

Maurice
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Thank you very much xx
 
I believe the vicar's name was Oldknow, apparently he wasn't teaching 'the word' in the way it was supposed to have been.

No, i don't understand it either....
 
Wasn't this church called St Mungo's and became a homeless person hostel and if I remember right it suffered a serious fire.. I could be wrong!!!
 
This church is a very fine building and is listed. Standing on the crest of the Old Camp Hill it is still quite a prominent feature I guess. I remember passing the place every time I went, by road, to the city from the Stratford Road direction. An equally impressive view, from memory was from Bradford Street. I was never in the place, which being what is often known as 'high church', it must have been quite interesting. The protestations have often been a feature of the Established Church. One in Cornwall, at St. Day, was severely desecrated in the nineteen twenties.
Reading through the thread I see that it no longer a regular place of worship; at least it is used and not in decay.
This is a problem in many cities and very large towns. The churches are still there but with re-developments having taken place most of the former congregations have moved to the suburbs or elsewhere.
 
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In the 70's when the homeless hostel was being set up we used to do one of our very few charity jobs by collecting donated furniture from a storage unit in Greenway Street Small Heath and delivering it whatever flat or rooms that had been found for a lucky resident of the hostel.

Attached is a photo of the hostel in the crypt of Holy Trinity and also a photo of Holy Trinity School taken not long before it was closed I should imagine.

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What Happened to the graves & grave stones from this Holy Trinity Church Camp Hill Digbeth? Does anyone know Please?
 
Solihull Chic said:
What Happened to the graves & grave stones from this Holy Trinity Church Camp Hill Digbeth? Does anyone know Please?
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The burial ground was closed in 1873 although family graves continued to be used until 1925. Some remains were removed due to the widening of Sandy Lane/ Bordesley Middleway; and many gravestones were removed when the church was deconsecrated in the 1970s. The building was used as a hostel for homeless people until c1999.

Doesn't say where graves were moved to. Info from William Dargue's site at https://ahistoryofbirminghamchurches.jimdofree.com/aston-ss-peter-paul/holy-trinity-bordesley/

Birmingham Diocesan Office would know I think.
 
redken said:
Picture number 1.
New post.
Holly Trinity Church on Sandy Lane.
Night shot. Changing times.
Can anyone remember the name of the school in the shot towards Camp Hill?View attachment 75736
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Yes the school was called Trinity infant and Junior school, I lived at no 13 Trinity Terrace.
We used to okay in the churchyard and the padre rev Guest was a lovely man.
 
mw0njm. said:
when i was young i thought dracula lived in there.
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Phil said:
In the 70's when the homeless hostel was being set up we used to do one of our very few charity jobs by collecting donated furniture from a storage unit in Greenway Street Small Heath and delivering it whatever flat or rooms that had been found for a lucky resident of the hostel.

Attached is a photo of the hostel in the crypt of Holy Trinity and also a photo of Holy Trinity School taken not long before it was closed I should imagine.

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My dad ran the night shelter at Trinity in the early 80s
 
Hi - looking for help. I dont live in Birmingham now, so cant travel in as much as Id like. Mt Gt Gt Gt Grandmother Esther Hudson was buried at Holy Trinity Bordesley, Birmingham in 1860. Does the Church Yard / graves still exist or have been moved. I'm assuming she would have been buried in a public plot. Theres no info on the https://birminghamburialrecords.co.uk/ site. I know she was buried there as its there a church burial record. (As was her husband but not concerned with him).

Thank you.
 
Lily_Mae said:
Hi - looking for help. I dont live in Birmingham now, so cant travel in as much as Id like. Mt Gt Gt Gt Grandmother Esther Hudson was buried at Holy Trinity Bordesley, Birmingham in 1860. Does the Church Yard / graves still exist or have been moved. I'm assuming she would have been buried in a public plot. Theres no info on the https://birminghamburialrecords.co.uk/ site. I know she was buried there as its there a church burial record. (As was her husband but not concerned with him).

Thank you.
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This earlier post may help

Holy Trinity Church Bordesley.

Hello annieshake, O.C. is no longer a member of this Forum, so it is unlikely that he will see your message. I've done a bit of searching, but cannot find the title of the book that he is referring to. There is quite a good article on Wiki here:-...
birminghamhistory.co.uk birminghamhistory.co.uk
 
superdad3 said:
The burial ground was closed in 1873 although family graves continued to be used until 1925. Some remains were removed due to the widening of Sandy Lane/ Bordesley Middleway; and many gravestones were removed when the church was deconsecrated in the 1970s. The building was used as a hostel for homeless people until c1999.

Doesn't say where graves were moved to. Info from William Dargue's site at https://ahistoryofbirminghamchurches.jimdofree.com/aston-ss-peter-paul/holy-trinity-bordesley/

Birmingham Diocesan Office would know I think.
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Thats awful. I have Gt Gt Gt grandparents who were buried there. I quite live to know that they are still at rest. Is nothing sacred???
 
pjmburns said:
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Thank you Janice. So if the graves themselves were not removed they are likely continually "disturbed" due to continuous traffic over the graves from the duel carriageway. This is absolutely appalling on every level and definitely not what RIP means.

I think another trip into Birmingham archives will be warranted. This is not the only cemetery that they powers that be did this to. I saw the grave stones towards the back of Moor Street and I was horrified then. This is so much worse.
 
The Diocesan Registry may be abe to tell you what happened. I can't seem to find a newspaper report which says. Not sure how up to date this report was.
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Lily_Mae said:
Hi - looking for help. I dont live in Birmingham now, so cant travel in as much as Id like. Mt Gt Gt Gt Grandmother Esther Hudson was buried at Holy Trinity Bordesley, Birmingham in 1860. Does the Church Yard / graves still exist or have been moved. I'm assuming she would have been buried in a public plot. Theres no info on the https://birminghamburialrecords.co.uk/ site. I know she was buried there as its there a church burial record. (As was her husband but not concerned with him).

Thank you.
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Not having visited the site for a while, I cannot say what is left. However, a fair-sized portion of the graveyard was excavated when they created the Middleway - how Birmingham has liked to prioritise the motor car. I also have to point out that many of the headstones and memorials were vandalised in the mid-1960s following the closure of the church in 1964-5. Even the cross erected for the first vicar of Holy Trinity was broken.
 
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Graveyard is definitely gone, mostly where the left lane of the dual carriageway is...

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it must have been a very steep graveyard if its under the duel carriageway..street view below...i was looking around this church a couple of years ago and i could swear i saw a frew headstones dotted around..however i could be wrong but if it will help i can take another look sometime this week

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Lily_Mae said:
Thats awful. I have Gt Gt Gt grandparents who were buried there. I quite live to know that they are still at rest. Is nothing sacred???
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Sadly, this is quite typical of what can happen to a "closed" churchyard. My wifes family had long associations with the church and some of her relatives were buried there and I think it is an absolute disgrace that the small section of the graveyard at the front of the church is in the state that it is in. Up to a few years ago there were still some gravestones there. As a closed church yard it's the rersponsibility of the local authority [ie BCC] to look after it............................................
 
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