Wednesbury St Bartholomew in 1859

WEDNESBURY (ST BARTHOLOMEW) : The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £4.3.4., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £301; impropriators, Sir E. D. Scott, Bart,, and E. T. Foley, Esq.

The church, occupying an elevated site, supposed to be that of the ancient castle, and commanding a beautiful prospect, is a fine structure, principally in the later English style, with an octagonal east end, and contains some old wooden seats, and monuments to several families of eminence; it has undergone complete repair, at an expense of £5600, towards which the Incorporated Society gave £500; the organ cost £500, and was the gift of Benjamin Wright, Esq., of Birmingham.

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]