| St. Peter's Church, Harborne | |
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 St. Peter's Church, Harborne | |
| 52°27′16″N1°57′31″W / 52.454326°N 1.958538°W /52.454326; -1.958538 | |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Broad Church |
| Website | stpeterharborne |
| History | |
| Dedication | St. Peter |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Birmingham |
| Archdeaconry | Birmingham |
| Deanery | Warley and Edgbaston |
| Parish | Harborne |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar | Rev Can Kate Stowe |
| Honorarypriest | Chris Butt |
| Laity | |
| Organist/Director of music | Simon Palmer |
Saint Peter's is the ancientparish church ofHarborne,Birmingham,England.
There has been a church on the site sinceSaxon times andSt Chad is even thought to have preached there. The base of an early preaching cross was found in the mid-1980s during work at the back of the church. The parish formerly covered what is now Smethwick (North Harborne), all of current Harborne and even parts of Quinton (Ridgeacre).
The present building isVictorian, dating from the 1860s[1] by architectYeoville Thomason.[2]Elihu Burritt, who was living in Harborne at the time was on the committee that oversaw therestoration. The tower is far older and is all that remains of the medieval church. It is believed to date from the 14th century. The sanctuary was rebuilt during 1974/5 after a fire.It is a Grade IIlisted building.[2]
There are also 40war graves of Commonwealth service personnel, 22 fromWorld War I and 18 fromWorld War II.[5]
Curate - W. Harding (November 1826 – March 1827)[6]
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A new clock was installed in 1877 which struck the hour and chimed Westminster quarters.[7] It was constructed by Leeson and Sons of Coleshill.[8]
In 1899 the clock was brought to a halt by an infestation of bees. A deposit of honey was attached to the works connected with the south dial. Mr Leeson procured some gunpowder which was fired to silence the bees and then he removed a ½cwt of honey.[9]
The bells were purchased from thechurch of Bishop Ryder in Deritend and installed byJohn Taylor & Co. The ring of eight was dedicated on 2 March 1963. The tenor bell weighs nearly 13cwt and the ring is in F#.
The organ dates from 1975, replacing a previous instrument destroyed in a fire. The organ specification was designed by George Miles, the church organist, and can be found on theNational Pipe Organ Register.[10]
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