St Edburgha's church

Image: © James Henry Yardley Jr Taken: Unknown

The Worcestershire village of Yardley was absorbed into the city of Birmingham in 1911. This view of the church, with the late medieval Trust School to the right, was probably taken some time in the later 1930s, as indicated by the model of car (the dating can only be approximate). An unusual feature of the church is the series of incisions on the base of the tower, where possibly arrow heads or other weapons were sharpened. F.T.S. Houghton, in his Worcestershire Little Guide of 1922, wrote: "The tower of three stages is 15th century; the slit-lights of the stairway - compare Image - the belfry openings etc. have the coarse crocketed labels that are frequently found locally, for example at Image, Image and Image at Middleton. At the angles are gargoyles, and the whole is topped by a crocketed spire with three tiers of eight crocketed openings." For a modern view of the same scene see Image and for more detail on the church and village see http://billdargue.jimdo.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-y/yardley/

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