Edgbaston, Warwickshire

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Edgbaston, a parish in Warwickshire, within the municipal and county borough of Birmingham, forming the SW portion of that city. Acreage, 2598 ; population, 24,436. It contains four ecclesiastical parishes: St Bartholomew (population, 7424), St Augustine (constituted in 1889, population, 4509), St George (constituted in 1852, population, 6292), and St James (constituted in 1852, population, 6211). The livings are all vicarages in the diocese of Worcester. Patron of St Bartholomew, St George, and St James, Lord Calthorpe. Patron of St Augustine, the Bishop of Worcester. Gross value of St Bartholomew, £443 with residence; of St George, o£500; of St James, £344; net value of St Augustine, £600. The church of St Bartholomew was rebuilt in 1810, and enlarged in 1857, and again in 1886. It is an edifice in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch, and a low embattled tower. St George's Church was erected in 1838, enlarged in 1856, and again in 1884. St James' Church was erected in 1852, and is a cruciform edifice in the Decor- ated style, with a tower and a low spire. St Augustine's Church was erected in 1868, and has a lofty tower and spire. Edgbaston with Horborne forms a ward in the municipal borough of Birmingham. Population, 27,173. Edgbaston forms one of the seven divisions into which the parliamentary borough of Birmingham is divided. It extends into Staffordshire and Worcestershire, and returns one member to the House of Commons. Population, 67,612. See BIRMINGHAM.