Snowfall @ Birmingham UK 10/12/17 (Old Yardley Park).
St Edburgha's church. (Old Yardley Park).
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The Ghosts of Old Yardley Park
A survey of the haunted park, the site of which was an old Medieval Graveyard. Old Yardley Park is located in the district of Yardley, Birmingham, England. It is located in the most historic area of the district, called Old Yardley, around St Edburgh Church, a 13th Century construction and one of only four remaining Medieval Churches within the city of Birmingham itself.
Though the graveyard of St Edburgh is free of Gravestones (most were cleared in the 1980s) the original size of the Medieval Graveyard was much bigger than the Graveyard today. Old Yardley Park was founded upon a Medieval Graveyard. The Medieval dead were not removed, they were just forgotten about.
It is believed the hauntings which occur are generated by these Medieval Ghosts. None of these Ghosts can be identified by name and the few times they have been witnessed by the living is normally in the shape of dark shadows, ethereal and fleeting by nature. These Ghosts do not seem to notice the living.
St Edburgh is not haunted itself, but has a haunting attached to it. St Edburgh holds the Grave and mortal remains of a Reverend Charles Wigley ( 1804 - 1830 ) who is known to haunt a building called Malvern Hall, in Solihull, only 6 miles away, since his untimely death.
See also :
The Ghost Of Reverend Charles Wigley : St Edburgh Church
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Birmingham Flute Choir, conducted by Sandy Hay, playing Two Northumbrian Tunes (Trad./arr. M Orriss) in a concert on 16 May 2015 in St Edburgha's Church, Yardley, Birmingham.
The Civil War Ghosts of Kings Norton Green
St Nicolas Church, Kings Norton, Birmingham. A site survey of the haunted graveyard. St Nicolas Church was built circa 1080 AD. It is one of only four Medieval churches left within the city limits, (the other three being St Edburgha of Yardley, St Laurence of Northfield and St Giles of Sheldon). Haunted by the ghosts of Cavaliers & Roundheads buried in a Mass Grave after The Battle of Kings Norton Green.
On the 17th October 1642, during The English Civil War, a violent and bloody battle took place outside of St Nicolas, a battle which raged across the village green. Defending Kings Norton for King Charles was the valiant Prince Rupert who commanded 8 Troops of Cavalry & 300 Infantry. The Royalists were attacked by a Roundhead Army, commanded by Lord Willoughby, who commanded 800 Cavalry.
The battle is said to have been vicious, of close quarter hand to hand combat. After hours of brutal bloodshed, Prince Rupert made a tactical retreat. Neither Royalist nor Parliamentarian could claim a decisive victory. At the end of the battle all of the dead soldiers, both Cavalier & Roundhead, were buried together in a Mass Grave in St Nicolas Graveyard. The approximate losses on each side were reported as 50 dead Royalists and 20 dead Roundheads. Though as it was reported by the Roundhead forces, its possible their actual dead was numbered more equal to their enemies' dead.
It is the Ghosts of these English Civil War dead that haunt St Nicolas Place and Kings Norton Green. Next door to St Nicolas Church is St Nicolas Place, a Tudor built Manor House once known as The Saracens Head public house - which is today a community centre. This building is also haunted by a Civil War Ghost - that of a young serving girl who died during the big influenza outbreak of July 1643.
See also :
The Ghost of The Saracens Head
Telly Savalas looks at Birmingham - 1981
From Harold Baims' Britain series
St Mary the Virgin, Acocks Green | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:10 1 History
00:01:41 2 Plan of the church
00:02:21 2.1 Nave
00:04:28 2.2 Chancel
00:05:21 3 Vicars
00:06:39 4 Churchyard memorials
00:08:28 4.1 Sydney Basil Barber
00:09:03 4.2 Gordon Grant Helm
00:09:28 4.3 Vernon Leslie Priest
00:09:59 4.4 Albert Thomas Rew
00:10:28 4.5 Wilfred Eric Wright
00:13:09 5 Organ
00:13:37 5.1 List of organists
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St Mary the Virgin, Acocks Green is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in Acocks Green, Birmingham, England.