Holy Trinity Church, Lickey is a

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parish church in

Lickey Lickey is a 'Linear Development', as opposed to a village, in the north of Worcestershire, England approximately south west from the centre of Birmingham. It lies in Bromsgrove District and is situated on the Lickey Ridge, amongst the Lickey Hil ...

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History

The foundation stone was laid on 16 May 1855 by

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. It was built as a chapel of ease to

St John the Baptist Church, Bromsgrove The Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Bromsgrove. History The church belonged to a particularly large Parish during the early Norman period. Henry III of England, Henry III a ...

. The architect was Henry Day of Worcester and the contractor was John Robinson of Redditch. The church was consecrated on 6 June 1856 by the Bishop of Worcester. The church was enlarged between 1893 and 1894 by Alfred Reading of Birmingham when the chancel arch was widened for a new organ chamber and vestry. The vestry was built in 1898 and enlarged in 1970. The church started a mission in

Rubery Rubery is a village in the Bromsgrove District and a suburb of Birmingham in the counties of Worcestershire and West Midlands, England. It is from Birmingham city centre and a similar distance from Bromsgrove. Rubery was built on a sandstone q ...

. In 1933 part of the parish was taken to form the new parish of St Chad's Church, Rubery.

Organ

An organ was built by Jon Nicholson and installed in 1856. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

Churchyard

Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, the

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designer and builder who founded the Austin Motor Company, lived at nearby

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and is buried in the churchyard.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lickey Church of England church buildings in Worcestershire Churches completed in 1856