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BIRMINGHAM ST PHILIPS was built in the Baroque style when the nearby St Martin (in the Bull Ring) was deemed too small to house the rapidly growing population. Construction began in 1711 and it was consecrated in 1715 and served as a parish church until 1905 when it became acathedral for the newly formed Diocese of Birmingham.

The church was heavily bombed in 1940, but many of its windows and trasures had been removed to safety and were replaced when the church was restored in 1948.

The tower was not completed until 1725, while the urns on the parapet were added in 1756. The rectangular hall church interior has aisles separated from the nave by fluted pillars of classical form. Wooden galleries are stretched between the pillars in a manner typical of English Baroque churches.

There are tall windows on the outside interspaced by pilasters in low relief, supporting a balustrade at roof level. There is an urn rising above each pilaster. The western single tower rises in stages and is surmounted by a lead-covered dome and a delicate lantern. The building is generally of brick and is faced with stone quarried on the Archer's estate at Umberslade.

The chancel features stained glass, which later had much larger articulated strongly projecting Corinthian columns. Marbled surfaces enhance the columns and pilasters. The exterior of the building was refaced (1884-88) due to the softness of the original materials. The tower was also refaced in 1958-59.

BIRMINGHAM ST MARTINS was the original parish church for Birmingham, lying between the Bull Ring and the markets. There was originally a 13th century church here, but the existing is largely Victorian. Therewas a lofty nave and chancel, with north and south aisles, together with a north-west tower and spire. The spire was rebuilt in 1781 and then repaired again in 1801. A cladding of bricks around the church, added in 1690 was removed in 1853. The church was demolished in 1873 with only the tower and spire surviving.

John Burgum (JJ family tree), the ornamental painter, of Concord, New Hampshire, in the USA was baptised here at St Martins. Far right is a picture of how the church looked at the time of his baptism. John left Birmingham in 1850, age 24, and went to Boston. Click here for more on his story.

BIRMINGHAM ST BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH was built on the site of the former Roman Cathoolic Chapel and convent. It was opened as a chapel of ease to St Martin's Church in 1749.

It was increased in size in in 1840 and became a parish church itself in 1847. It was restored in 1893 at a cost of £800. The church was closed in 1937, was bombed during an air raid in 1942 and then demolished in 1943.

BIRMINGHAM ST MARK'S CHURCH was early Gothic and designed by architect George Gilbert Scott. However he later decided the church did not live up to his standards of accurate Gothic design, finally disowning it. The church was demolished in 1947.

The list below shows the baptisms and burials that took place in Birmingham.

Name	Date	Location	BMD	Minister	Notes	FT

Phebe Burgum	02 Sep 1755	Birmingham St Philips	Burial		P=Edward + Sarah, bapt.1760
Ann Burgum	06 Feb 1758	Birmingham St Philips	Baptism		PR-103, P=Edmund + Sarah
Samuel Burgum	27 Dec 1758	Birmingham St Martin	Baptism		P=Edmund + Sarah
Anne Burgum	26 Jun 1760	Birmingham St Martins	Burial		P=Edmund + Sarah
Edmund Burgum	04 Apr 1761	Birmingham St Martins	Burial		P=Edmund + Sarah
Jane Burgum	28 Jun 1763	Birmingham St Martins	Burial		NBI, Spinster
Edmund Burgum	14 Aug 1767	Birmingham St Martins	Burial		NBI
Sarah Burgum	03 Mar 1782	Birmingham St Martins	Burial		NBI, m=Edward Burgum
Edmund Burgum	29 Jul 1788	Birmingham St Martins	Burial		NBI, P=Samuel + Frances
Samuel Burgum	29 Sep 1789	Birmingham St Martin	Baptism		P=Samuel + Frances
Edward Burgham	29 Mar 1791	Birmingham St Philip	Burial		NBI
Joseph Burgam	03 Dec 1798	Birmingham St Philip	Burial		P=George + Sarah, b. 1785
James Burgum	20 Apr 1801	Birmingham St Philip	Burial		NBI, P=Francis + Mary
Francis Burgum	20 Nov 1815	Birmingham St Philip	Burial		NBI; age 2m. P=Francis + Mary
Elizabeth Burgum	05 Apr 1824	Birmingham St Martins	Baptism		P=John + Mary	JJ
John Burgum	03 Jun 1826	Birmingham St Martins	Baptism		P=John + Mary	JJ
Mary Burgum	02 Nov 1828	Birmingham St Martins	Burial	J. Cooke	m=John Burgum; age 38
John Burgum	02 Oct 1832	Birmingham St Philip	Marriage		m=Ann Woodall	WW
Mary A. Burgum	20 Sep 1839	Birmingham St Martins	Burial		Age 3w; P=William + Elizabeth
Henry Burgum	19 Mar 1844	Birmingham St Martins	Burial		Age 0; P=William + Mary
Frances Burgum	28 Dec 1844	Birmingham St Philip	Burial		NBI; age 85
William Burgum	05 Sep 1852	Birmingham St Bartholomew	Burial		IGI, age 70, m=Betsy
Martha J. Burgum	30 Mar 1856	Birmingham St Marks	Baptism		P=Henry + Elizabeth

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