Bordesley Green Chapel

[Paul D]

Hi, I have just been told by a family member that my great grandfather's sister and husband were chapel wardens at Bordesley Green Chapel. I would say this would be around the early 1900s. Where would this chapel have been exactly? Thanks.

 

[Astoness]

hi paul...sorry i dont know of a chapel in bordesley green but maybe other members can help...there was st andrews parish church which is no longer there..demolished in the 1980s

lyn

 

[postie]

There was a Baptist chapel in Victoria st and St Pauls may have had a chapel, here's a couple of pictures which I hope you will enjoy...

 

[pudding]

Hi could it have been this church/chapel on the corner of watery lane and st Andrews road? try this link https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2293766

 

[Paul D]

Thank everyone for your input, very interesting. I will try and find out more information.

 

[Radiorails]

Something not often realized is chapels of ease which have a much more varied history than Parish churches.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapel_of_ease

 

[Paul D]

Postie, I have found out the chapel was Baptist so perhaps it was the one you posted a picture of. Is the building still there?

 

[postie]

Hello Paul, I can't tell you for sure as I don't live in Birmingham any more, but I am sure that one of our members will know...

 

[Phil]

Could we be talking about the Newbridge Baptist Church on Yardley Green Road, it's still there today.

 

[Paul D]

Lovely pictures Phil but I am leaning towards the Victoria Street chapel as my distant relatives were helping out there around 1900. The Newbridge Church was built in 1930. Thank you everyone.

 

[Vivienne14]

Hi Paul. The chapel is listed on the British History Online site. Here's an extract. Seems there were several 'daughter' chapels linked to the Victoria Street chapel. Viv.


Information extracted from here:
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol7/pp434-482#h3-0005

 

[Paul D]

Very interesting Vivienne. I just had a look on Google street walk, seems the chapel in Victoria St still exists but has a different faith connected to it now. The building looks like it has had a renovation recently.