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Dudley local Council or whoever
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:36 am
by peterd
Right i need some local knowledge and help here, on the intersection between kings st and new mill st there is a waste bit of ground behind advertising board !!? and i noticed that on my last visit it is actually an old graveyard thats over grown. there looks like a possible entrance oopposite ye old foundry pub in new mill street ?
question is can any local, do any digging around and find out how to get access to the site ? as ive book my anual jaunt (san will be pleased

) and it might be worth seeing and trying to photograph whats left?
so any help would be appreciated
Pete
Re: Dudley local Council or whoever
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:20 am
by Northern Lass
Is it this one
King Street Congregational Church
and was it also known as the Independant Chapel King Street?
or maybe 2 different churches?
Rockyfowler what do you know chuck?

Re: Dudley local Council or whoever
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:09 am
by rockyfowler
Your right- it joined the United Reformed Church 1972 and was subsumed into the local Trinity Road they may know more best RF
Dudley United Reformed Church
Trinity Road
DY1 1JQ Dudley West Midlands
Phone: 01384 232262
Re: Dudley local Council or whoever
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:16 am
by dudleytaylor
I have a 1901 Map of Dudley, From what i can see there was a chapel off King St,and New Mill Street ,with a school just behind. It looks like it was a Methodist chapel. I would be very interested in what you find out Pete as my g grandfather and grandfather lived in Abberley st which is close by Dt
Re: Dudley local Council or whoever
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:26 am
by sp1
I'll try to have a look next time I'm in town Pete (possibly this afternoon).
The gravestones were transcribed by the BMSGH years ago, I helped to do it, but can't remember how we got in!
Re: Dudley local Council or whoever
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:42 pm
by sp1
Pete
Have just driven past - there is a door opposite the Foundry (well, a big piece of hinged plywood), but it is padlocked. Could not see any other way in.
Steve
Re: Dudley local Council or whoever
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 4:41 pm
by Northern Lass
have you checked on Dudley archives list of holdings they may have already had
the graves transcribed or the MIs done
Re: Dudley local Council or whoever
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:21 pm
by linell
Apparently Dudley do have Kings Street Wesleyan Chapel on their list of holdings according to the NA:-
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/ ... rg&cid=0#0One of my Gt Aunts Married there, shame it has gone, looked a lovely place in it's hay day.
Linell.
Re: Dudley local Council or whoever
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:51 pm
by peterd
if i am reading it right it only looks like marriages ?
Re: Dudley local Council or whoever
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:16 pm
by sp1
Northern Lass wrote:have you checked on Dudley archives list of holdings they may have already had
the graves transcribed or the MIs done
See the post about 2 above - I helped do the transcription of the MIs about 25 years ago for the BMSGH: were they ever published?
Re: Dudley local Council or whoever
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:45 am
by linell
Do you rember the Church Steve? I read how it had it's own Caretakers House in one of the Turrets & a huge Day Room!
Linell.
Re: Dudley local Council or whoever
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:40 pm
by sp1
I vaguely remember , but never went into it so not sure about anyone living there.
Re: Dudley local Council or whoever
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 9:38 am
by linell
LOL I presume the 'living there' was before our time Steve, the notes I read, can't remember where I found them, Google I would think, made it sound all very grand.

Linell.
Re: Dudley local Council or whoever
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:13 pm
by sp1
Pete
Pm sent