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St Asaph’s Church

rowan

rowan

Born a Brummie
Can anyone please tell me where about the parish of St Asaph is in Birmingham?

I have an address from the 1891 census 8 back of 35 Bow Street and I have no idea of

what district is!!

Thank you
:)
 
Rowan, St Asaph is, or was Birmningham central, just north of Highgate Not sure if it still there.
 
On a couple of Census's, some ancestors of my wife are shown living in Bell Barn Road, Parish of St Asaph.

Two questions:
1) I found a site that stated St Asaph's was on the Corner of Great Colmore Street and Latimer Street.
I can find Gt. Colmore Street on Autoroute, which joins Bell Barn Road, but cannot find Latimer Street

2) Is this area considered to be in the District of King's Norton as I've found several family members born or married in this District looking on FreeBMD
 
Birmingham AtoZ, Gt Colmore Street is of LEE BANK MIDDLEWAY and runs to BRISTOL STREET.
See page 73 H5. BIRMINGHAM B 15.
Hope this is of some Help.
The only other ST ASAPH Iknow of is in NORTH WALES on the way to RHYL.
Regards ASTON
 
aston said:
Birmingham AtoZ, Gt Colmore Street is of LEE BANK MIDDLEWAY and runs to BRISTOL STREET.
See page 73 H5. BIRMINGHAM B 15.
Hope this is of some Help.
The only other ST ASAPH Iknow of is in NORTH WALES on the way to RHYL.
Regards ASTON
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Thanks, I know where Gt Colmore St. is, but can't find Latimer St.
St. Asaph's was demolished according to the website I looked at.
 
It seems clear that Latimer Street no longer exists but interestingly (maybe) ;) there is a "Latimer Gardens" in the same district - B15
 
Probably disappeared when St Asaph's was demolished!

So, the second part of my post
Is/was this area within the 'King's Norton' district?
Neil
 
Neil, my grandparents married at Edgbaston Parish Church, St. Bartholomews in 1897 at that time Edgbaston was part of Kings Norton.
 
Hi. Just a shot of St Asaphs with Latimer Street on the right....my grandparents were married here c1912 and most of the families were based around Latimer St and Gt Colmore St.
 
Neil my mother was born in 1919 Creooe st of Bell Barn Lane her birth cert states her address as Kings Norton
 
According to my A-Z, Cregoe Street comes off Great Colmore Street,which comes off Bell Barn Road I believe this use to be part of the Kings Norton District. It is a recent A-Z.
 
Does any one have a photo of st Asaphs Church, it was located in Great Colmore st. Thanks Robert.
 
I put a photo of St Asaphs on this site a while back,if you want a proper photo then I think you will find one available at your Central Library which is where I got mine from....best of luck
 
Rowan, probably a bit late but here goes... St Asaphs church was on corner of Great Colmore Street and Latimer Street South. Bow Street joined Irving Street with Windmill. Think its still there now but all the courts are long since gone. Birmingham Central Library holds fantastic maps of the area in 1891 on the 6th floor. Hope this helps?
 
The church must have gone as the only one I know in that area is St Cathrine's RC, where my daughter teaches in the school.

Here y'go courtesy of Mr Google... The circular building is St Catherine's church.
 
The church along with Windmill st, Latimere st,Lower Cregoe st and Bow st were demolished in the 1960s.
 
My dad was christened in St Asaphs in the 40's. I was christened in the exact same font but in its new home of St Lukes on the Bristol Road!!! St Lukes has recently moved and is now a few meters away from the site of the old St Asaphs! Confused? You will be!!! I wonder if the old font went with it? Dad has fond memories of playing on the old bombed buildings within the area bounded by wynn st, grant st and great colmore street. I have fond memories of playing in what was left of the old factories around irving st, ernest st and suffolk st. We used to call it the bomb peck. Anyone heard of that name/ expression? Think its now the site of a big car park, behind the Dome nightclub. Ah those were the days! If you stand on the corner of wynn street and great colmore street and look towards the nursery thats roughly where latimer street south and St Asaphs stood
 
And a fine building it was too - rather unusual for a church - more like a Victorian school.
 
It is rather grand isn't it.................but then most churches were built on a grand scale................................and a lot of parishoners money:rolleyes:
 
Thanks to everyone who has posted concerning this area of the oldend. I too played on the bomb sites of Wynn st ,Cregoe st ,Bell Barn rd,Bow st and Bell Barn rd where I was born ,happy days.
 
St. Asaph

In the mid fifties I worked for a short time at Boulton & Paul in Bow Street, and remember some of the streets mentioned.
 
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