Smethwick Holy Trinity in 1859

SMETHWICK (HOLY TRINITY); A church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was erected in 1838, at a cost of £4000, raised by subscription, aided by a grant of £400 from the London, and £750 from the Diocesan, Society, and a district was soon after assigned to it; it is in the early English style, with a square embattled tower crowned by pinnacles and surmounted by a lofty spire, and contains 786 sittings, of which 400 are free.

By order of council, dated the 11th of August, 1842, the district attached to this church was erected into a separate and independent parish, under the designation of North Harborne; the vicar of Harborne having resigned the patronage of the new benefice, it has been constituted a vicarage, and endowed with the vicarial tithes over 830 acres; and the Rev. T. G. Simcox, the first incumbent, has been continued vicar, by the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield, who are the patrons. The parsonage-house, situated behind the church, is a handsome residence of appropriate style; and opposite to it are the North Harborne national schools, erected in 1840.

 

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]