ST LUKE, CRADLEY HEATH

St Luke's was consecrated in 1847 having been built in 1843 under the New Parishes Act. It was constructed from red sandstone bricks but these were eroded by the excessive air pollution caused by the industries of that day. In the period 1923-1928, approval was given for repairs. Its appearance today, differs to when it was built because of the restoration work it has had to undergo. (The Architect was William Bourne, who was also responsible for the architecture of St James and St Johns in Dudley and St Johns in Swindon. He was also the Architect who designed St James School, built in 1842 in Salop Street, Dudley, near St James Church. The school was moved to the Black Country Living Museum in 1991. William Bourne's birth was circa 1811 and he died in 1870).

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The names in respect of the following graves will be completed as soon as possible.

Headstone of Robert and Harriet Turner, St Luke's Church, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of William, Mary Ann and son Handel Mason. Also 6 sons and 2 daughters who died in infancy, St Luke's, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of Mary Ann Jemima and Christoper Darby, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of Job and Margaret Hill and daughter Annie Homer, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of Titus Hingley and Sarah Ann Parsons, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of Mary Ann Billingham, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of Benjamin and Ann Richards and Mary Crew, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of Zachariah, Sarah and son Wilfred Johnson, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of Edwin and Mary Ann Mason, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of Colin and Annie Harris, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of John and Mary Ann Woodall, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of William Henry Yorke, Emily May and son William Ronald Morgan, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of John and Phoebe Bache, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of Albert and Matilda Woodhouse, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of George and Elizabeth Sarah Green, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of Joseph Billingham, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of James Tromans, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of Jeremiah Hingley, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of Joseph and Hannah Tromans, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of James Victor, Doris, Fanny and James Horton, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

Headstone of Matilda Drusilla Stone, St Luke, Cradley Heath (2009).

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