Modern Britain

Holy Trinity Church, Sutton Coldfield, is at the north-west corner of the Coleshill Street and Trinity Hill junction in the centre of Sutton Coldfield. Services for the town during the 1100s and early 1200s took place in the Chapel of St Blaize at the manor. Holy Trinity was built about 1300, and took over services at the end of the fifteenth century. The tower was built about 1500, and the nave was probably extended westwards to join into it. Bishop Vesey is entombed within.

Sutton Coldfield Methodist Church is on the east side of South Parade, midway between the Victoria Road and Upper Holland Road junctions. The old church building had occupied a town centre site since 1888. In 1926 the Sunday school moved to new buildings in South Parade - now the church centre (to the right). In 1935 the Borough Council and trustees agreed that the old building would be a public library, while the present church was opened on 17 October 1936.

Two photos on this page kindly contributed by Aidan McRae Thomson, and one by Elliott Brown via the 'History Files: Churches of the British Isles' Flickr group.