Old Church Smethwick Staffordshire information

**Details about the church**
Field	Value
Denomination of the Church	Church of England
The Church Website	www.smethwickoldchurch.org.uk
Number of transcriptions	30137
First year for a transcription	1732
Last year for a transcription	1971
Last date a transcription added	13 Dec 2025
Last date church information changed	13 Dec 2025
Notes about the Church	The church has no dedication: in other words, it is not named after a saint. It was originally known as Parkes's Chapel or Smethwick Chapel. When Holy Trinity church was built in 1837, Old Church became known as the Old Chapel or Smethwick Old Church.

**Number of records by decade**
Period Those periods with zero data may span several decades. The first may include pre 1530 records.	Baptisms	Marriages	Burials	Total
Transcribed by	Dale Braden,Tony Priest,Pat Lawrence,Sandra Cooper	Dale Braden,Pat Lawrence,Jonathan Maxfield	Margaret Smith,Sandra Cooper,Dale Braden,Jonathan Maxfield,Lynda Jones,Rebecca Edwards	Margaret Smith,Sandra Cooper,Dale Braden,Jonathan Maxfield,Tony Priest,Lynda Jones,Rebecca Edwards,Pat Lawrence
1530–1729
1730–1739	152	19	39	210
1740–1749	207	22	78	307
1750–1759	246	16	98	360
1760–1769	275		150	425
1770–1779	239		188	427
1780–1789	211	4	234	449
1790–1799	230		281	511
1800–1809	405		403	808
1810–1819	555		353	908
1820–1829	807		472	1,279
1830–1839	1,115		518	1,633
1840–1849	831	120	652	1,603
1850–1859	616	269	668	1,553
1860–1869	627	133	636	1,396
1870–1879	635	181	630	1,446
1880–1889	683	331	1,689	2,703
1890–1899	645	679	984	2,308
1900–1909	1,312	610	647	2,569
1910–1919	2,009	895	1,883	4,787
1920–1929	520	216	1,547	2,283
1930–1939			790	790
1940–1949			593	593
1950–1959			518	518
1960–1969			222	222
1970–1979			24	24
1980–2029

Please note: due to different methods of record counting there may be discrepancies in the record totals on this page

Top of page