All Saints' Church, Hockley
History
The church was designed by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson and was a Commissioners' church built on land given by Sir Thomas Gooch. It was consecrated on 28 September 1833 by the Bishop of Worcester.
A parish was assigned out of St Martin in the Bull Ring in 1834. All Saints’ Schools were built in 1843, with a contribution from the Queen Dowager of £20 and these buildings still exist on All Saints Street in Hockley.
A mission church was established in 1887 which became St Chrysostom’s Church, Hockley.
The church was enlarged in 1881, and demolished in 1966.
Organ
The church had a pipe organ by J.C. Banfield and Son which was opened on Sunday 26 March 1843. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. When All Saints’ closed, the organ was moved to Lyndon Methodist Church
References
- ^ "All Saints' Church, Nineveh". Aris’s Birmingham Gazette. Birmingham. 23 September 1832. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "The ceremony of laying the foundation stone". Aris’s Birmingham Gazette. Birmingham. 23 October 1843. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "Her Majesty the Queen Dowager". Aris’s Birmingham Gazette. Birmingham. 5 June 1843. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "The new Organ erected in All Saints' Church, Nineveh". Aris’s Birmingham Gazette. Birmingham. 27 March 1843. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "NPOR [N02360]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 7 March 2015.