Smethwick Old Church, Staffordshire

Burgums and Burghams of the "??" family tree lived here, or nearby.

SMETHWICK OLD CHURCH is the oldest surviving building in Smethick. It was consecrated in 1732 as a chapel of ease to Harborne St Peters, when it was known as Smethwick Chapel or Parkes Chapel. Dorothy Parks bequested money to build it in a will dated 1723. It only became "Old Church" after the "Holy Trinity Church was built in 1837 on the High Street.

It is built of brick with a stone dressing in a classical Georgian style, with a west tower while, to the east, it has a small covered aspe. In about 1759 a gallary was added increasing the seating from 200 to 250.



The list below shows the baptisms, marriages and burials that took place at Wick.

Name	Date	Location	BMD	Minister	Notes	FT
George Burgum	03 Aug 1828	Smethwick Old Church	Baptism		P=Henry + Charlotte	TT
William Burgum	14 Jun 1834	Smethwick Old Church	Baptism		P=William + Betsy	TT
Mary Burgum	29 Jun 1834	Smethwick Old Church	Baptism		P=Henry + Charlotte	TT
Henry E. Burgum	21 Jun 1835	Smethwick Old Church	Baptism		P=Henry + Charlotte	TT
William Burgum	31 Jan 1837	Smethwick Old Church	Burial		m=Betsy Unknown	TT
Henry Burgum	23 Apr 1837	Smethwick Old Church	Baptism		P=William + Betsy	TT
Henry Burgum	21 May 1837	Smethwick Old Church	Burial		P=William + Betsy	TT
Allen Burgum	27 Aug 1837	Smethwick Old Church	Baptism		P=Henry + Charlotte	TT

List of Vicars
Robert Boyse 1732-1759
Edward Patteson 1760-1796
Richard Pickering 1796-1811
Robert Spencer 1811-1814
Edward Dales 1815-1850
Edward Addenbrooke 1850-1883
George Astbury 1884-1925
H. Stanley Astbury 1925-1926
Frederick Girdlestone 1927-1940
Charles Lowe 1940-1963

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