St John's Church, Deritend was a

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in the

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, which stood from 1735 until it was demolished in 1947.

History

A church was established in 1380 when the villagers in

Deritend Deritend is a historic area of Birmingham, England, built around a crossing point of the River Rea. It is first mentioned in 1276. Today Deritend is usually considered to be part of Digbeth. History Deritend was a crossing point of the River ...

were given the right to build their own chapel rather than travel three miles to Aston Parish Church. The church was noted as being the place of worship of John Rogers, the first English

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under

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. The church was rebuilt in 1735, and the tower added in 1762. In 1939 the church was united with St Basil's Church, Deritend and St Basil's was used as the church of the united benefice. St John's was demolished in 1947. The

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which had been erected as a memorial for the

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was moved to

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Bells

Eight bells were cast in 1776 by Robert Wells of Aldbourne, Wiltshire. They were removed and recast into a new ring which were installed in Bishop Latimer Memorial Church, Winson Green and then were moved to St John's Church, Perry Barr in 1972.

Organ

In 1906 the church acquired an organ from

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which dated from 1822. It was installed by

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References

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John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...