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                            Yardley has a long proud history and was referred to as early as 972 in King Edgar's Charter, where it was named Gyrdeah. Yardley is also named in the Doomsday Book. The parish of Yardley , historically was part of Worcestershire, and became Yardley Rural District under the local Government Act of 1894, being added to Birmingham and Warwickshire in 1911, and at the heart of the area is the Grade 1 listed 13th century church of St Edburgha.
                        Old Yardley village and park is one of Birmingham's  most significant Conservation Areas, retaining much of the character and atmosphere of a rural village that can still be seen today within a large city.

www.yardleyconservationsociety.co.uk
www.stedburghas.com
photographs here are from - St Edburgha's Church
                                                           URC Church, Digbeth-in-the-Field
                                         Yardley Baptist Church

 St Edburgha's Church, Yardley Old Church  

 click on the link;

Music for the Lute and Flute

Carols by Candlelight 2011
Candlelight
Mothers' Union Yardley Branch Centenary 1911 - 2011
Open Gardens 2010
Flower Festival 2011
Union Theatre "Becket"
BCMG visit
The Stone Mason

Rev Bill Sands

"Songs of Praise"
a Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving
for the Restoration of the Spire

Songs of
                  Praise   Songs of Praise

John and
                  David
John and David, Church Wardens

John & David

Trust
                  School Daze
Trust School Daze


The Arch
                  Deacon & Rev Sands   Ian Stainburn & Fraser Andrew
                             The Achdeacon & Rev Bill Sands                                      Ian Stainburn & Fraser Andrew                                 

Councillor Eustace & Councillor Jackson
Councillor Jackson, Councillor Eustace & Rev Sands

Enid and
                  John Seeley
Thank you to Enid and John

Dedication of New Notice Boards


Dedication
                of New Notice Broads

Dedication
                of New Notice Broads


The Autumn Fair 2011 in the Church Halls

Autmn Fair    Fair

John
                Seeley    Fair

Fair

Fair    Autumn
                Fair

Fair    Pat
                and Jane

fair    fair  

Fair

Enid Seeley    Sylvia
              Roberts

Over £1,000 for the Church Tower, Congratulations

and for the repairs to the spire click below
 Damage-Hope-Renewal


Covenant
              Talk
Lay Canon  Elizabeth Power, Stephen Fraser Chair and
 Jonathan Clatworty Modern Church, Talk about "The Covenant"

Christian
              Aid   Christian
              Aid
Christian Aid "thank you" night September 2011 in the Trust School


Robin
              Mortimore & Rev Bill Sands
Rev Bill Sands and Robin Mortimore at the Ordination Service
Birmingham Cathedral


Robin
              Mortimore    Jackie
              Hughes
   Robin Mortimore                                  Jackie Hughes          


Mary &
              Jean
Mary presents Jean Butler with Flowers and a present
on her retirement from the Forward Club after 30 Years
Forward Club
The Forward Club outside the Trust School


Easter
              Sunday

Easter Sunday

Easter
              Sunday

Rev Bill
              Sands
Rev Bill Sands
 
Easter   Easter
Easter Flowers

The Alter for
              Harvest Festival
The Alter for Harvest Festival

The Harvest
The Land has yielded its harvest

Harvest
              Flower Display by Trish
Harvest Display by Trish
harvest   Harvest

harvest 
more displays
harvest


The Tower Appeal

tower appeal
"Buy a Brick"
 

The Licensing of

The Reverend Williams Sands
by

The Rt Revd David Urquhart
Bishop of Birmingham

and

The Istallation
by

The Venerable Dr Brian Russell
The Archdeacon of Aston

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Members of the Congregration are Presented

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and on the way out of the Church

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refreshments were held in the Parish Halls

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13

a new beginning

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The Spire and Tower Appeal

Knowle Male Voice
                                    Choir
Knowle Male Voice Choir

John Seeley
Compere John Seeley, Church Warden

Harvest Thanksgiving Festival
the Church was beautifully decorated

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The Autumn Fair

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More photographs of Church Events

    in
                        snow
St Edburgha's in Winter

Christian Aid 1
Christian Aid Thank you
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             walk Palm Sunday 

               banner  Sunday School

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Cream Teas at "The Stables"
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  3  7  dot
                        and john
  Thanks to John and Dot, all the money raised will go to the Spire Appeal
    
     Thank You Buffet Thank you Buffet

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                      arch deacon Archdeacon
 
      
         rev
                        john Rev John

        Jane Jane

and "Happy Birthday"

 Jane's Birthay
  

St Edburgha,s  Roy & Kate  presentation

banner

Roy Anetts final Service at St Edburgha's,
before his Ordination , and moving to
St Mary the Virgin, Acocks Green

Roy & Bishop David

Ordained Deacons   Roy

Inside Catherdral

family   Rev Andrew & Roy

Birmingham Cathedral 5th July 2009

Flower Festival 13th & 14 June 2009
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with guided tours, and refreshments in the Trust School


URC Digbeth in the Field

wedding 31.07.09

Wedding of Beverly and Richard
at URC Moat Lane Yardley - 31 July 2009


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Yardley Baptist Church

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