St Mary's Church, Aston Brook is a former

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in the

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. The church was demolished in the 1970s. The church was built in 1863 to designs of the architect James Murray. It was consecrated by Henry Philpott,

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, on Thursday 10 December 1863. The tower was added in 1882. The church was equipped with a two manual pipe organ by Norman and Beard. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. In 1864, a parish was formed out of the parishes of St. Peter and St. Paul, Aston,

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, and St Matthew's Church, Duddeston. The church opened a school for Girls and Infants in 1868. The church is noted for having a rugby club which played a match against a team from Villa Cross

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Chapel in Handsworth. For the team from Villa Cross

Chapel, this was their first match as Aston Villa Football Club. As a condition of the match, the Villa side had to agree to play the first half under

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rules and the second half under

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rules.

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