BLACKHEATH
Descriptive Notes:Status:
Ecclesiastical Parish [25]
Created in 1869 from The Quinton Ecclesiastical Parish & Halesowen Ancient Parish (both Worcestershire) & Rowley Regis Ecclesiastical Parish (Staffordshire).
Location:
O.S. Ref: SO983859
Blackheath was part of the borough of Rowley Regis until 1966, when it became part of the county borough of Warley. Since 1974 it has formed part of the metropolitan borough of Sandwell.
Parish Church:
St.Paul, Long Lane, Blackheath, Sandwell
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1919 when transferred to the Archdeaconry & Diocese of Birmingham [25]
Register Copies:
At Sandwell Community History and Archives Service
Microform: Christenings 1869-1974; Marriages 1869-1974; Burials 1869-1977
Originals: Christenings1869-1974; Marriages1869-1974; Burials1869-1977
Nonconformist:
At Sandwell Community History and Archives Service
Cocksheds Primitive: Original: Christenings1888-1955
High St Primitive: Copies: Christenings1841-1905
Original: Christenings1841-1905
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St Paul BMSGH microfiche [53]
St. Paul: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 12 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1990 - Author: Whittaker, G et al. (trans.) Society of Genealogists [59]
Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents.
Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire
Record Office:
Blackheath C. E. School
Infants' School log books (2
vols) - 1910 - 58 - Ref: BA 5246 / 2
Junior School log books
- 1886
- 93 - Ref: BA 5246 / 2
Mixed School log books (3 vols) - 1873 - 1957 - Ref:
BA 5246 / 1
A handlist of other
records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire
Record Office
for this parish can be found here.
© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
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Last updated on 19th March 2008