Ipsley (Redditch)
Anglican: St Peter
A 13th century church much altered in the 18th century when the aisles were demolished. It was then largely rebuilt and restored by Frederick Preedy in 1866/67.
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St Peter’s Church from undated postcard. St Peter’s Church, December 2006.
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References and some further sources;
Aiken, John. Census of Religious Worship, 1851: The Returns for Worcestershire.
Bridges, Tim. Churches of Worcestershire (2005)
Brooks, Alan, and Nikolaus Pevsner. Buildings of England: Worcestershire (2007)
Morgan, Paul. Inspections of churches and parsonage houses in the Diocese of Worcester in 1674, 1676, 1684, and 1687 (1986)
Ransome, Mary. The State of the Bishopric of Worcester, 1782-1808 (1968)
Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service, The Hive Worcester, Parish Papers: Ipsley, Ref.850
n.b. Full details of these books are on the Bibliography Page.
Websites: British History Online: Entry for Ipsley. (Transferred from Warwickshire in 1931)
Grade II* Listed Building: Listing Details Here.
Historic England listing: Please Click Here
Parish Website.
A Church Near You.
Family History Website.
St Peter’s Ipsley has two modern daughter churches in Redditch “New Town.”
Greenlands, St John the Evangelist.
Designed by Trinity Road Developments Ltd., 1990.
St John the Evangelist, January 2008.
St John the Evangelist Parish Website.
A Church Near You.
Matchborough, Christ Church.
Designed by Thomas White Associates, 1988.
Christ Church Exterior, January 2008. Christ Church Family Day, July 2012.
Christ Church Parish Website.
A Church Near You.
Other nearby churches: Redditch, Beoley
Please click on red text for a link. External websites will open in a new window. Page updated May 2022