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Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston
52°27′31″N 1°54′14″W / 52.4585°N 1.9038°W / 52.4585; -1.9038
Location	Birmingham
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	balsallheathandedgbaston.org.uk
History
Consecrated	28 September 1898
Architecture
Architect(s)	J. A. Chatwin
Groundbreaking	1897
Completed	1898
Construction cost	£8,000 {equivalent to £638,900 in 2021)
Administration
Parish	St Mary and St Ambrose, Edgbaston
Deanery	Moseley deanery
Archdeaconry	Birmingham archdeaconry
Diocese	Diocese of Birmingham

Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham.

History

The site for the church was given by Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe. The church cost £8,000 with the parishioners contributing £2,000 and the Misses Stokes of the Hawthorns, Edgbaston, the balance. The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Worcester Rt. Revd. John Perone on 28 September 1898.

The church was built between 1897 and 1898 by J. A. Chatwin. It was a daughter parish to St Bartholomew's Church, Edgbaston.

Clergy

• 1891–1915: Arthur G Lloyd
• 1915–1950: Martin Cope Heathcote Hughes
• 1950–1975: Alfred Doyle
• 1975–1983: Nigel Graham
• 1983–1988: Richard Wilcox
• 1990–1994: John Ward
• 1996–2002: Hilary Savage
• 2004–2016: Catherine Grylls

Organ

The first organ in the church was built by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd in 1898. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

Organists

• W. Timperley ca. 1890
• H.S. Williams ca. 1907
• C.F. Mottram 1919 - ????
• Geoffrey Norman Gibbon 1946 - 1948
• Anthony John Cooke 1948 – 1949
• Harrison Oxley 1949 - 1950
• Geoffrey Norman Gibbons 1950 - 1961 (afterwards organist at Henley in Arden)
• Malcolm Jones 1968 - ???? (formerly organist of St Philip’s Church, Dorridge)
• David Dewar 1989 - 1991