Hayley & Mark
Wedding
4:00 pm on 8 August 2009
St Edburga's - Yardley Old Church
Yardley Road
Yardley
Birmingham
B33 8PB
Map directions are here.
St Edburga's - Yardley Old Church
Yardley Road
Yardley
Birmingham
B33 8PB
Map directions are here.
Notes
Yardley, St Edburgha
A fine red-sandstone church built during the 13th century on the site of an Anglo-Saxon church, St Edburgha's is set in a small pedestrian-only conservation area surrounded on three sides by public parkland and on the fourth by a magnificent timbered building first used as a schoolroom in 1575.
The setting reminds the visitor of Yardley's rural past before it was absorbed as an outer suburb of Birmingham during this century.
The chancel is 13th century, the nave and transepts early 14th century, the north aisle added in the late 14th century, the porch 15th century, and the tower and vestry late 15th century. The tower and spire is a well-known local landmark visible for miles, and houses one of the three or four best peals of eight in the UK which are rung every Sunday.
As well as having a number of interesting historical and architectural features, such as one of the few Jacobean pulpits in the Midlands, and an incised slab from the tomb of Thomas Este, Porter of Kennilworth Castle, and his wife who died in 1462, the church is an active and lively worship centre continuing to bear witness to God's glory in its diverse outer ring parish.
An unusual feature is the doorway on the north aisle which has the Tudor rose and pomegranate carved above the archway in celebration of the marriage of Henry VII and Katharine of Aragon.
Another feature are scraped incisions in the base of the tower. The cause of these is unknown but it is believed that they may be sharpening marks.
The clock on the side of the church tower has been replaced many times due to weathering. It was originally made of wood but it fell into a state of decay often. It also blocked a whole window on the side of the tower. Now the clock is made of metal with the window visible behind it.
On the interior wall of the church is an incised alabaster slab of Thomas and Marion Est (d. 1462)It is heavily worn.
A fine red-sandstone church built during the 13th century on the site of an Anglo-Saxon church, St Edburgha's is set in a small pedestrian-only conservation area surrounded on three sides by public parkland and on the fourth by a magnificent timbered building first used as a schoolroom in 1575.
The setting reminds the visitor of Yardley's rural past before it was absorbed as an outer suburb of Birmingham during this century.
The chancel is 13th century, the nave and transepts early 14th century, the north aisle added in the late 14th century, the porch 15th century, and the tower and vestry late 15th century. The tower and spire is a well-known local landmark visible for miles, and houses one of the three or four best peals of eight in the UK which are rung every Sunday.
As well as having a number of interesting historical and architectural features, such as one of the few Jacobean pulpits in the Midlands, and an incised slab from the tomb of Thomas Este, Porter of Kennilworth Castle, and his wife who died in 1462, the church is an active and lively worship centre continuing to bear witness to God's glory in its diverse outer ring parish.
An unusual feature is the doorway on the north aisle which has the Tudor rose and pomegranate carved above the archway in celebration of the marriage of Henry VII and Katharine of Aragon.
Another feature are scraped incisions in the base of the tower. The cause of these is unknown but it is believed that they may be sharpening marks.
The clock on the side of the church tower has been replaced many times due to weathering. It was originally made of wood but it fell into a state of decay often. It also blocked a whole window on the side of the tower. Now the clock is made of metal with the window visible behind it.
On the interior wall of the church is an incised alabaster slab of Thomas and Marion Est (d. 1462)It is heavily worn.
