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    St Mary’s Church Brougham Street Aston

    Thank you for that. Absolutely fascinating. I will have to get the book as mum and dad were married in Erdington Abbey (grandparents buried there too) and it seem Pugin designed that too :)
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    St Mary’s Church Brougham Street Aston

    And this is the same building yes? https://www.mercyhandsworth.co.uk/history.html
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    St Mary’s Church Brougham Street Aston

    Wo wow. Just noticed the convent - and presumably the church? was designed by Pugin http://birminghamheritage.org.uk/stmary.html
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    St Mary’s Church Brougham Street Aston

    That’s so interesting. Thank you. Finding a lot out about my family. My parent were both 17 when WWII finished. Mum went to Eliot Street Primary, dads parents lived on Perry Common Road, grand parents buried in Erdington Abbey etc... so this is a great forum for finding things out.
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    Eliot Street School Nechells

    Any idea what year this is
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    St Mary’s Church Brougham Street Aston

    Thank you so much Lyn. That really helps as I am writing this from Oz and suspected it must have been demolished somehow. What a shame it was demolished due to WW2.
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    St Mary’s Church Brougham Street Aston

    Thank you :)
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    St Mary’s Church Brougham Street Aston

    Hello. My Great Grandparents were married in St Mary’s RC Church, Brougham Street, Aston - according to their marriage certificate of 1877. They lived in Great King Street and we seem to have a history of being jewellery makers and gun makers. I can only find a St Mary’s in Harborne... so...
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