Parish of Holly Hall, part of the Dudley Team Ministry
About our ParishThis page includes a history of the local area and parish and a list of past clergy.
History of the Local Area
The parish serves three villages located between Dudley and Brierley Hill.
The first of these is Holly Hall. This village stretches along the Stourbridge Road and is centred on the crossroads by the church. This crossroads was an important junction in the past as it marked where the road from Dudley to the county town of Worcester began. This road dates from the 18th century. During the 19th and early 20th century most people worked in the glass industry, local collieries, ropeworks and ironworks. The earliest reference to Holly Hall is found in a subsidy roll in 1327 when it mentions a Stephen Holie living in the area. Holie is a medieval form of holly.
Past Clergy
Rev. John Birch
1868-1875 Chaplain Holly Hall Mission District
Rev. Canon Samuel James Marriott
1875 - 1878 Chaplain Holly Hall Mission District
Rev. Thomas Greenall Swindell
1878 - 1884 Chaplain Holly Hall Mission District
1884 - 1888 Vicar
Rev. Edward Arthur Cosens
1888 - 1897 Vicar
Rev. William Stabback Johns
1897 - 1899 Vicar
Rev. Robert Eleanor Browne Clayton Daubeny
1899 - 1922 Vicar
Rev. Harry Charles Kemp
1922 - 1927 Vicar
Rev. Hywel Glyn Lewis
1927 - 1931 Vicar
Rev. Frederick James Wells
1931 - 1937 Vicar
Rev. Erasmus Aubery Davenport Naylor
1937 - 1952 Vicar
Rev. Herbert Sydney Bill
1952 - 1960 Vicar
Rev. Eric Leonard Dentith
1961 - 1969 Vicar
Rev. John Totterdell
1969 - 1971 Vicar
Rev. Canon Graham Lyall
1972 - 1979 Vicar
Rev. Geoffrey Bostock
1979 - 1980 Vicar
Rev. Canon James Louis Samuel
1981 - 1986 Priest in Charge
1986 - 1994 Vicar
1987 - 1993 Rural Dean of Dudley
Rev. Malcolm Clive Warren
1995 - 1996 Priest in Charge and Industrial Chaplian at Merry Hill Shopping Centre
Rev. Andrew Martin Yates
1996 - 2003 Priest in Charge and Industrial Chaplian at Merry Hill Shopping Centre
Rev. C.M. Browne
2005 - 2009 Priest in Charge and Industrial Chaplian at Merry Hill Shopping Centre
2009 - Team Vicar and Industrial Chaplian at Merry Hill Shopping Centre
Population: 4769
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For Genealogical Enquiries the local Diocesan Record Office is:
Most records are held by Dudley Archives and Local History Service. Please contact them to see registers and records. If they do not have the ones you require please email the church as we still hold some records.
Opening Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 9.00 - 5.00
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 9.30 - 7.00
Friday: 9.00 - 5.00
Saturday: 9.30 - 12.30 (1st and 3rd Saturday of each month only)
Appointments are essential. Tel: 01384 812770. The Archives do not take telephone calls betweeen 1.00pm and 2.00pm but the searchroom stays open.
Contact Details
Dudley Archives and Local History Service Mount Pleasant Street
Coseley
Staffordshire
WV14 9JR
Tel:01384 812770
Fax:01384 812770
www.dudley.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/local-history--heritage/archive-and-local-history
For Parish enquiries please contact:
Email: hollyhallchurch@hotmail.co.uk
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