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School Lane, BIRMINGHAM, B33 8PD

The church is grade one listed and of Saxon foundation. Much mediaeval masonry survives. The nave is largely 14th and 15th centuries. The chancel, in the distance, is older (except for a Victorian extension eastwards) and corresponds to the footprint of the Saxon church that preceded it.

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/

St Edburgha's Church is grade one listed and of Saxon foundation. Much mediaeval masonry survives.

The conservation area around St Edburgha's Church still feels like a village and tranquil, despite the area having long since been swallowed up by and absorbed into Birmingham.

The church is grade one listed and of Saxon foundation. Much mediaeval masonry survives. The nave, and tower beyond, are largely 14th and 15th centuries.

This view is seen from the Old Yardley Park and shows the rear elevation of the Old Trust School.

St Edburgha's Church is grade one listed and of Saxon foundation. Much mediaeval masonry survives. The tower and spire were built in the 1460s.

St Edburgha's Church is grade one listed and of Saxon foundation. Much mediaeval masonry survives. The tower was built in the 1460s. The bells and frame were installed in 1950, the bells having been recast from older bells.