The Church
St Paul's Church in the Jewellery Quarter is a Grade I listed church and was designed by Roger Eykyns of Wolverhampton. Building started in 1777, and the church was consecrated in 1779. It was built on land given by Charles Colmore from his Newhall estate. It was the church of Birmingham's early manufacturers and merchants - Matthew Boulton and James Watt had their own pews, which were bought and sold as commodities at that time. It is a rectangular church. The upper part of the tower and spire was added between 1822 and 1823, designed by Francis Goodwin and built by Standbridge and Company. In 1841 the church became a parish in its own right, with land taken from that of St Martin in the Bull Ring. In 1947, St Mark's Church, King Edward's Road was demolished, and the parish was joined with that of St Paul's. Bomb damage from the Second World War was repaired between 1949 and 1951 when much of the roof was replaced. The church undertook another restoration between 1985 and 1994. A peal of 10 bells was installed to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the St.Martin's Guild of Church Bell Ringers and officially opened on 25 November 2005.
The Cache
At the listed coordinates you will see a blue plaque, How many years did this Bucklemaker work here? = A (Two digits!)
At waypoint one you will find a bench, what year was the Silversmith born? = 19BC
What year did he die? = 201D
At waypoint two you will find a tomb, what year was Charles born? 18E2
Coordinates for final
N52°29. ((AxA)-(C+D))
W001°54. (B-D) (B+E) (A-E)
****************** ********************
For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by sadexploration please read the Place your own Church Micro page before you contact him at churchmicro.co.uk
See also the Church Micro Statistics and Home pages for further information about the series.
****************** *******************