GENUKI: Bilston St Luke

Bilston St Luke

"St Luke's Church, which is to be built in Pinfold Street, is not yet commenced, though for nearly two years about £5000 has been at the disposal of the committee for the erection of it and the Parsonage House and School. It is expected that the church will be erected in 1851, and for the present divine service is performed by the vicar of St Luke's District Parish, in a temporary wooden church, in Coseley Street.
The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Crown and the Bishop of Lichfield alternately, and incumbency of the Rev RJ Heathfield, MA."

[From History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, William White, Sheffield, 1851]

Church History
Church Records

Church History

The ecclesiastical parish of St Luke was formed on 3rd September 1845.
The church was erected in 1852 in Market Street not Pinfold Street as originally planned, and was a building of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of a chancel with organ chamber, nave, aisles, south porch, and tower on the south side with octagonal spire containing one bell.
The interior was thoroughly restored in 1884 with sittings for 450 people. The spire became unsafe in 1934 and was removed from the tower.
The church was closed in 1969 and demolished in 1973.

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Church Records

Church of England Registers
The original registers for the period 1849-1951 (Bapts), 1901-1969 (Mar) & 1852-1960 (Bur) are deposited at Staffordshire Record Office.
No Bishops Transcripts are recorded at Lichfield Record Office.

Nonconformist Church Registers
Records of Nonconformist churches in Bilston can be found on the Bilston page.