St Peter and St Paul Churchyard in Aston, West Midlands

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Get directions Witton Lane/Aston Hall Road
Aston, Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands B6 6QA England

Coordinates: 52.50703, -1.87966
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The church of St Peter & St Paul was probably started in the 9th century. The original building would have been wooden, and this was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The Parish was huge with chapels of ease in Yardley, Water Orton and Castle Bromwich. It would have been impossible for these to be serviced by one priest and it is probable that Ss Peter & Paul was a minster church.

The first masonry structure was completed in 1120. It was the second largest church in the West Midlands, just the original Coventry cathedral was larger. There was a major reordering in 1480. The tower and spire remain from this church although the spire was renovated by John Cheshire in 1776–7. The Church was again reordered in 1879 by architect was J.A. Chatwin.

There are many high-quality monuments dating from 1360 to 2018 within the church. The churchyard surrounding the church was partly cleared in the 1950s as a memorial to the Rt Rev Henry McGowen, a former vicar. Some parts are overgrown. It contains 31 Commonwealth war graves.