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"St Mary's Church, in Stafford Street, is a neat structure in the lancet Gothic style, erected in the years 1840-2 at the sole expense of Miss Hinckes, of Tettenhall Wood. The tower is crowned by a short spire. The communion plate is magnificent and antique, the chalice being 700 years old.[From History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, William White, Sheffield, 1851]
The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of Miss Hinckes, and incumbency of the Rev George Fraser."
St Mary's church was built of white brick, in a plain Gothic style, and consisted of a chancel, nave, aisles, transepts, and a tower with turret and spire containing one bell which formerly hung in Tettenhall church. It had a fine alter piece of old Flemish work, circa 1640, and an ancient Norman font which was discovered in a farmyard and restored. In the south transept was a memorial window to the Rev George Fraser, BD, the first incumbent of the church, 1842-67.
St Mary's was closed in 1948. The early Flemish and German glass from the east window was fixed in the large windows on the north and south sides of the chancel of St Peter's, Wolverhampton.
Church of England Registers
The register of St Mary, Wolverhampton, commences in 1843.
The original registers for the period 1843-1947 (Bapts), 1849-1939 (Mar) & 1852-1853 (Bur) are deposited at Staffordshire Record Office.
Wolverhampton Archives holds microfilm of the deposited registers.
Nonconformist Church Registers
Records of Nonconformist churches in Wolverhampton can be found on the Wolverhampton page.
[Last updated: 20th May 2000, Mike Harbach. © 1999, 2000]