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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
 
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
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.

Holy Trinity Night Shelter.jpg

Camp Hill Holy Trinity School .jpg
 
What Happened to the graves & grave stones from this Holy Trinity Church Camp Hill Digbeth? Does anyone know Please?
 
What Happened to the graves & grave stones from this Holy Trinity Church Camp Hill Digbeth? Does anyone know Please?



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.
 
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
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.
 
when i was young i thought dracula lived in there.
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.

View attachment 128435

View attachment 128436
My dad ran the night shelter at Trinity in the early 80s
 
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