Erdington, Warwickshire Family History Guide

Erdington, originally a chapelry of Aston juxta Birmingham Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire, was created a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1858 known as Erdington St Barnabas. Erdington St Barnabas Ecclesiastical Parish was abolished in 1912 with the entirety of the parish transferred to Birmingham St Martin¹.

Erdington St Chad Ecclesiastical Parish was created in 1968 from Erdington St Barnabas Ecclesiastical Parish and Pype Hayes Ecclesiastical Parish.

The following parishes were created from Erdington St Barnabas Ecclesiastical Parish:

Gravelly Hill Ecclesiastical Parish 1929
Pype Hayes Ecclesiastical Parish 1930
Short Heath Ecclesiastical Parish 1962
Erdington St Chad Ecclesiastical Parish 1968

Parish church: Church of England: St Barnabas Church; Roman Catholic: St Thomas & St Edmund of Canterbury, also known as Erdington Abbey.

Parish registers begin: 1824

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Roman Catholic.

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Adjacent Parishes

Erdington Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Erdington St Barnabas, Birmingham Church of England Baptisms 1824-1934

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Erdington St Barnabas, Birmingham Church of England Marriages and Banns 1856-1948

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Erdington, Birmingham Church of England Burials 1959-1979

Erdington St Barnabas, Birmingham Church of England Burials 1824-1937

Non-Conformist Registers

Erdington, Erdington Methodist Church, High Street Marriage Register 1922 Aug 09-1930 Nov 15

Erdington, Erdington Methodist Church, High Street Marriage Register 1931 Apr 04-1939 Jul 27

Erdington, Erdington Methodist Church, High Street Marriage Register 1939 Sep 09-1967 Aug 19

Erdington, Hart Memorial Chapel, Gravelly Hill Marriage Register 1924 Jun 01-1928 Sep 19

Erdington, Hart Memorial Chapel, Gravelly Hill Marriage Register 1929 Jul 02-1939 Aug 26

Erdington, Hart Memorial Chapel, Gravelly Hill Marriage Register 1939 Sep 02-1948 Oct 27

Directors of Companies

The following people were listed in the Directory of Directors 1881 as directors of companies who were either living in Erdington or the company was based in Erdington or both.

Ryland – Mr Thomas Ryland, J.P., The Redlands, Erdington, Birmingham, is a director of the Birmingham Exchange Buildings Company Limited

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Griffin Edward, Erdington, Aston, Birmingham, surgeon, June 24, 1834.

Historical Directory Transcriptions

Erdington Directory of Warwickshire 1850

Adams Mrs. Lucy, Shortheath
Allarton Joseph, awl blade maker
Amherst Francis, professor, Oscott college
Apletree Frederick. upholsterer, Slade
Austin William, miller, Tyburn

Bagnall Rev. R. vice president, Oscott col.
Bagot Rev. Egerton Arden, Pype Hayes
Banks Ann, ladies’ school, Gravelly hill
Barford Louisa, school
Barlow Miss Mary Ann
Bates William, gardener
Benson Cornelius, solicitor. Chesnut cottg.
Biddle Charles, gardener, Turf pits
Biddle Isaac, gardener
Billings John, gardener
Blackford William, gardener
Blackley Rev. Geo. Gravelly hill
Blewitt Thomas, tailor
Bond Rev. Wm. professor, Oscott college
Bradbury Mr. Francis
Broadhurst Mrs. Mary
Butler Joseph, blacksmith
Butler William, gardener, Slade
Buxton Mrs. Ann, Gravelly hill

Carpenter Samuel, india rubber brace and belt maker, Birches green
Carter Robert, tailor and draper
Clark Mr. Thomas, Gravelly hill
Coburn Charles, National school master, Moor end green
Cook Jph., gardener & farmer, Grange In.
Cox John, electro-plater, Shortheath

Dakin Arthur, grocer & tea dir., Hunton h
Dane Benj, draper, Hunton hill
Davis Rev. Peter, professor of theology, Oseott college
Dean Wm Hudson, registrar of births and deaths for Erdington dist., collector of poor rates, and agent for the District Fire Office
Doggett James, grocer
Dugmore Thos. gardener, Moor end green

Elkington John, M.R.C.S. and L.S.A., surgeon, and to the workhs. and district.
Elkins Chas. M.R.C.S. & L.A.C., surgeon
Ensor Silas, gent., Shortheath
Flannagan Rev. Thos. professor Oscott col
Fowler John, gent., Berwood
Fowler Richd. land surveyor, Gravelly hill
Fowler Richd. jun. land agent, Wood end
Fowler Thomas, draper
Fowler Wm. land agent, &c. Birches green
Fowler Wm.jun. land survr., Wood end cot

Gammon Th. glass manufr., Salford house
Gem Wm. Henry Esq. Wood end house
Gibbons Mrs. Ann Catherine, Gravelly hi
Gibbons Brueton, mercht., Birches green
Greensall John, auctioneer and builder
Grove Mary, gardener

Haigh Rev. Daniel Hy., catholic priest
Handley Chas. rate collector
Harding Wm Esq. Copeley lodge
Harding Wm. Sextos, soletr. Copeley lodge
Harrison Rev. John Holden, incumbent of Water Orton
Haycock Samuel, gentleman
Hill Mr. Daniel, Hunton hill
Hodgkins, Jph. beerhouse
Holt Theophilus, grocer, Gravelly hill
Houseman Thos. carpenter, Gravelly hill
Hudson Mr. Francis
Hudson George, currier
Hutton Thos. gentleman
Huxley Thomas, commercial traveller

Jackson Henry Owen, blacksmith
James Isaac, grocer
Jeffs Henry, shoe maker
Johnson Thos. coal, lime, and brick mcht. Salford bridge wharf
Jones Edward, gent. Berwood villa

Kemble Robert, wheelwright

Leonard Capt. Th. Baufoy, Hunton hill
Loveridge W. foreign importer, Gravelly h
Lowe Mrs. Ann, Gravelly hill
Lowther Robert, saddler
Luckock William, shoe maker

Machin Chas. builder & farmer, Blythe hs.
Machin Chas. jun. coal mercht., Blythe hs
Mackey Edward Walter, artist
Madeley Richard, merchant, Berwood hs.
Mason Josiah, pen manufacturer, Berwood
Mercham Mr. Thomas
Midlam Mrs. Eliz. Gravelly hill
Moore Rev. John, president, Oscott college
Myatt Jno. gardener, Bromford

Newell Samuel Bostock, beer hs. & silversm.

Padbury Jph., stone mason, Holly lane
Pallett James, tailor
Palmer Edw. John, gent. Slade house
Parker Ch. mltry. ornament mfr. Gravelly h
Parkes Jph. stamper & piercer, Gravelly h
Pearson John, police constbl. Moor end gr
Penn Saml. engine boiler mkr. Gravelly h.
Powell Richard, gentleman

Radclyffe T. engraver & copper-pl. printer
Read Wm. gent., Stockland green
Reeves Chas. gent. Shrubbery
Robbins John, clerk, Bromford
Robinson Joseph, shoemaker
Rollason Abel and Son, metal rollers. Bromford; house, Shepherds green
Rollason James, auctioneer and gen. agent
Rotton William, fishmonger
Ryland Thos. merchant, Gravelly hill

Seager Saml. plumber and painter
Sharred William, wheelwright
Smith Bernard, professor, Oscott college
Smith Basset, banker, Rose cot. Gravelly h
Smith Charles, carpenter, Holly lane
Smith Wm. & Co. wire drawers, Bromford Mills; house, Gravelly hill
Spawforth Edward, gentleman
Standley John, gardener. Holly lane
Statham Jonathan shopkeeper. Bromford
Stevenson Geo. plumber & painter, Holly In

Thompson James, smith
Timms Rd. shoemaker, Gravelly hill
Tomlinson George, gardener. Gravelly hill
Tonks George, lamp & chandelier manufr.
Turner Edward Press, chemist, Gravelly hill
Turner George, draper, Hunton hill

Wallis John, gentleman
Wallis William, gent. The Grange
Wallis William, timber mert. Gravelly hill
Wareing James, tailor and draper
Watts Rev. Francis, independent minister
Wheelwright Wm. gent. Erdington Hall
Whitehouse John, builder, Moor End grn.
Whitfield Edward, factor
Williams Hy., copper plate engraver, Sladc
Willmot George, surveyor
Wilton Charles, beerhouse and butcher
Wilton John, butcher and farmer
Winton Harry, spoon manufr., Folly Houses
Woodward John, engraver
Wright George, gardener

Inns and Taverns.

Bell and Cuckoo, George Starkey
Cross Keys, William Moore, (and cooper)
Erdington Arms, G. Hailstone, Gravelly hl
Green Mann Inn, Robert Mc’Leish
Hare and Hounds, Linneus Cutler, Witton
Old Green Man, G. F. Ryman, Bromford
Roe Buck, Maria Greensall
White Lion, Ellen Bannister
Swan, Samuel Littlehales

Farmers.

Bateman John, Shortheath
Dawson Joseph
Edwards Jas. Birches green
Harrison Eliza, (& maltster)
Harrison Joseph, Court lane
Holden H. Birches green
Kesterton Catherine
Kesterton Charles
Morris Edward
Mould Thomas
Oldacre Elizabeth, Witton
Pickering Sophia, Court In
Reynolds John, Tyburn
Shepley M. Birches green
Terry James. Berwood
Timbrill T. Birches green
Whitehouse J. B. Mott House

Source: History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Warwickshire; Francis White & Co.; 1850.

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ERDINGTON, a hamlet, a chapelry, and a sub-district in Aston parish, Warwick. The hamlet lies adjacent to Staffordshire, on the Birmingham and Sutton-Coldfield railway, near the Fazeley canal and the river Tame, 4¼ miles NE by E of Birmingham; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Birmingham. Real property, £20, 465. Pop., 3, 906. Houses, 722. The manor was given by William the Conqueror to the Fitz Ausculphs; and passed to the Erdingtons. There are numerous villas and good modern dwellings.

The chapelry is conterminate with the hamlet, and was constituted in 1858. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £200. Patron, the Vicar of Aston. The church is modern; and there are an Independent chapel, a Roman Catholic college for 200 students, with chapel and museum, two large orphan asylums, and a suite of alms-houses.

The sub-district includes five other hamlets, and Aston manor. Pop., 24, 447.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ERDINGTON, a chapelry, in the parish and union of Aston, Birmingham division of the hundred of Hemlingford, N. division of the county of Warwick, 4 miles (E.) from Birmingham; containing 2579 inhabitants.

The manor originally belonged to the earls of Mercia, and was given at the time of the Conquest to William Fitz-Ausculf, from whose descendants it passed in the reign of John to Thomas de Erdington, that monarch’s ambassador to the court of Spain, by whose family the ancient manor-house, now Erdington Hall, was built.

The village is pleasantly situated on the road from Birmingham to Lichfield; in the neighbourhood are several villas, and on the road to Witton are some detached modern houses, called Erdington-Slade. The scenery is diversified by the small river Tame, whose course appears to have been diverted in order to turn a mill, built in the hamlet prior to the Conquest, and of which the site is occupied by Bromford Forge. The Tame-Valley canal, a noble work, ten miles in length, lately completed under the direction of Messrs. Walker and Burgess, the eminent engineers, at a cost of £200,000, joins the Birmingham canal at Erdington, and runs through Perry-Barr, West Bromwich, and Tipton.

Birches Green, in the chapelry, lies on the road from the village to Curdworth, a short distance eastward of the former. The living is a perpetual curacy, with an income arising from pew-rents; patron, the Vicar of Aston. The church, a handsome edifice dedicated to St. Barnabas, in the decorated style, with a tower and pinnacles, was erected in 1823, at an expense of £5657, defrayed by the Parliamentary Commissioners and the inhabitants. There are national, infant, and Sunday schools attached to the church; and the Independents and Roman Catholics have each a place of worship.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

County: Warwickshire
Civil Registration District: Aston
Probate Court: Pre-1837 – Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory), Post-1836 – Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
Diocese: Worcester
Rural Deanery: Arden
Poor Law Union: Aston
Hundred: Hemlingford
Province: Canterbury

References

F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) ↩︎