Bishop Ryder's Church viewed from Vauxhall Street

Date:
1941
Location:
Bishop Ryder's Church, Gem Street, Gosta Green, Birmingham, Birmingham
Reference:
AA42/00585
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The Bishop Ryder Memorial Church was built in 1838 to commemorate Henry Ryder, Bishop of Lichfield. It stood on Gem Street which connected Aston Street in the north to Coleshill Street in the south. The church was demolished in 1960. Gem Street and Vauxhall Street suffered a similar fate in the 1970s. Aston Univeristy campus now occupies the site.

Content

This is part of the Series: MAS02/01 Negatives taken by G B Mason for the National Buildings Record; within the Collection: MAS02 George Bernard Mason Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Mason, George Bernard

Keywords

Tower, Victorian Church