Wollescote
Anglican: St Andrew
Wollescote lies to the east of Stourbridge. St Andrew’s was built in 1939 to serve the large housing developments in the area. Originally a chapel of ease to Christ Church, Lye, it became a separate parish church in 1965. From May 2016 it shares a Priest in Charge with nearby St Peter’s, Pedmore.
St Andrew’s Church, September 2015.
References and some further sources:
Aiken, John. Census of Religious Worship, 1851: The Returns for Worcestershire. (2000)
Bridges, Tim. Churches of The Black Country (2008))
Ransome, Mary. The State of the Bishopric of Worcester, 1782-1808 (1968)
n.b. Full details of these books are on the bibliography and sources page.
Websites: British History Online: Entry for Oldswinford includes Wollescote.
A Church Near You
Parish Website (Linked with St Peter’s, Pedmore, from May 2016)
Family History Website
Independent: Bethel Chapel
A thriving independent chapel located in the older part of Wollescote. The chapel was built in 1900 although its roots go back to 1880.
Bethel Chapel, February 2015.
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Other churches in this area: Lye, Pedmore, Stourbridge.
Please click on red text for a link. External websites will open in a new window. Page updated May 2022