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Wolverhampton St Mary

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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.
The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of Miss Hinckes, and incumbency of the Rev George Fraser."

[From History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, William White, Sheffield, 1851]

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Church History

The ecclesiastical parish of St Mary was formed on 29th May 1843. 

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.

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Church Records

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 

Wolverhampton Archives have placed on line indexes of the Wolverhampton St Mary registers covering Baptisms 1843-1875 & Marriages 1843-1875 
Note : They are included in the "Wolverhampton & District Parish Registers" Index 

Nonconformist Church Registers 
Records of Nonconformist churches in Wolverhampton can be found on the Wolverhampton page.

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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for Wolverhampton St Mary from the Topographical Dictionary of England (1859)

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SO914985 (Lat/Lon: 52.584238, -2.12836), Wolverhampton St Mary which are provided by: