SELLY OAK ST MARY

Status:
Ecclesiastical Parish [25]
Created in 1862 from Northfield Ancient Parish.
Some ecclesiastical boundary alterations have occurred to create or help create a number of daughter parishes:
In 1892 - to create Selly Hill Ecclesiastical Parish
1911 - to create Selly Oak St Wulstan Ecclesiastical Parish. In 1980 St. Wulstan's amalgamated with the parish of St. Stephen's, Selly Hill [33]
1926 - to help create Bournville Ecclesiastical Parish (with Kings Norton Ecclesiastical Parish & Cotteridge Ecclesiastical Parish)
1933 - to help create ,with Northfield Ancient Parish, Weoley Castle Ecclesiastical Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP038822
4 miles S.W. of central Birmingham on the A38

Parish Church:
St Mary, Bristol Rd/ Lodge Hill Rd, Selly Oak

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1905, Archdeaconry & Diocese of Birmingham (1905 - *) [25]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1874 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

Register Copies:
Christenings 1861-1976 Marriages 1862-1979 Burials 1861-1954 Birmingham Central Library
Banns: Originals: 1976-81 Birmingham Central Library

Nonconformist:
Methodist (Bristol Rd): Marriages 1917-56 Birmingham Central Library

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St. Mary BMSGH Shop

At Society of Genealogists [59] :-
SELLY OAK (St. Mary): Monumental Inscriptions : Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 16   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 16   Published Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry 1999   Author Davies, G L et al. (transcription.) Source D: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry.     

SELLY OAK (St. Mary) : Monumental Inscriptions: Warwickshire monumental inscriptions, vol. 10 [Typescript.]   IN: Warwickshire monumental inscriptions, vol. 10   Published , 1986   Author Davis G L et al. (transcription.)  Source D: BMSGH

Census Records:
All the censuses between 1841 and 1901 are now available on a number of fee-paying (Subscription or PayAsYouGo) sites including Ancestry.co.uk, FindMyPast.co.uk, thegenealogist.co.uk and genesreunited.co.uk. The 1911 census is available in full or in part on some of these sites. We are unable to advise on the choice of site since researchers' personal preferences will be influenced by the content and search facilities offered by each site. Some sites offer a free trial.

Access to the library edition of Ancestry.co.uk is widely available at most record offices, including Worcestershire Library and History Centre, and some libraries. You are advised to book time on their computers before making a visit. 

A free-to-view site is being developed at freecen.org.uk for the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 censuses.  Coverage of Worcestershire parishes is rather sparse at this time.

Census returns can usually be viewed at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' Family History Centres.

Some repositories offer census details on microform, disc or printed copy. These include:
1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

---

© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 12th July 2011

---