Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston
Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston is a Grade II listed[2] parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham.[3]
History
The site for the church was given by Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe. The church cost £8,000 with the parishioners contributing £2,000 and the Misses Stokes of the Hawthorns, Edgbaston, the balance. The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Worcester[4] Rt. Revd. John Perone on 28 September 1898.[5]
The church was built between 1897 and 1898 by J. A. Chatwin. It was a daughter parish to St Bartholomew's Church, Edgbaston.
Clergy
- 1891–1915: Arthur G Lloyd
- 1915–1950: Martin Cope Heathcote Hughes
- 1950–1975: Alfred Doyle
- 1975–1983: Nigel Graham
- 1983–1988: Richard Wilcox
- 1990–1994: John Ward
- 1996–2002: Hilary Savage
- 2004–2016: Catherine Grylls
Organ
The first organ in the church was built by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd in 1898. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[6]
Organists
- W. Timperley ca. 1890
- H.S. Williams ca. 1907
- C.F. Mottram 1919[7] - ????
- Geoffrey Norman Gibbon 1946 - 1948
- Anthony John Cooke 1948 – 1949
- Harrison Oxley 1949 - 1950
- Geoffrey Norman Gibbons 1950 - 1961[8] (afterwards organist at Henley in Arden)
- Malcolm Jones 1968[9] - ???? (formerly organist of St Philip's Church, Dorridge)
- Anthony White 1983 - 1986
- David Dewar 1989 - 1991
References
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston (Grade II) (1076224)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ The buildings of England. Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner
- ^ "New church at Edgbaston". Morning Post. England. 11 October 1898. Retrieved 16 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The new Church of St Mary and St Ambrose". Gloucester Citizen. England. 29 September 1898. Retrieved 16 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The National Pipe Organ Register - NPOR". npor.org.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ Musical Times, 1 April 1919
- ^ "Music He Likes". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 2 March 1961. Retrieved 16 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Organist to move". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 1 May 1968. Retrieved 16 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.