the measure from north to south gives 104ft. width.  The consecration and re-opening took place July 20, 1875, when the church, which will accommodate 2,200 (400 seats are free) was thronged.  Several stained windows have been put in, the organ has been enlarged, and much done in the way of decoration since the re-building, the total cost being nearly L25,000.  The living (L1,048 nett value) is in the gift of trustees, and has been held since 1866 by the Rev. W. Wilkinson, D.D., Hon. Canon of Worcester, Rural Dean, and Surrogate.  The burial ground was closed Dec. 9, 1848.

St. Mary’s, Acock’s Green, was opened Oct. 17, 1866.  The cost of erection was L4,750, but it was enlarged in 1882, at a further cost of L3,000.  There are 720 sittings, 420 being free.  The nett value of the living, in the gift of trustees, is L147, and the present vicar is the Rev. F.T.  Swinburn, D.D.

St. Mary’s, Aston Brook, was opened Dec. 10, 1863.  It seats 750 (half free), and cost L4,000; was the gift of Josiah Robins, Esq., and family.  Perpetual curacy, value L300.  The site of the parsonage (built in 1877, at a cost of L2,300), was the gift of Miss Robins.  Present incumbent, Rev. F. Smith, M.A.

St. Mary’s, Moseley.—­The original date of erection is uncertain, but there are records to the effect that the tower was an addition made in Henry VIII.’s reign, and there was doubtless a church here long prior to 1500.  The chancel is a modern addition of 1873; the bells were re-cast about same time, the commemorative peal being rung June 9, 1874; and on June 8, 1878, the churchyard was enlarged by the taking in of 4,500 square yards of adjoining land.  The living, of which the Vicar of Bromsgrove is the patron, is worth L280, and is now held by the Rev. W. H. Colmore, M.A.  Of the 500 sittings 150 are free.

St. Mary’s, Selly Oak, was consecrated September 12, 1861, having been erected chiefly at the expense of G.R.  Elkington and J.F.  Ledsam, Esqrs.  There are 620 sittings, of which 420 are free.  The living is in the gift of the Bishop and trustee; is valued at L200, and the present vicar is the Rev. T. Price, M.A.

St. Mary’s, Whittall Street, was erected in 1774, and in 1857 underwent a thorough renovation, the reopening services being held August 16.  There are 1,700 sittings of which 400 are free.  The living is a vicarage, with an endowment of L172 with parsonage, in the gift of trustees, and is now held by the Rev. J.S.  Owen.

St. Matthew’s, Great Lister Street, was consecrated October 20, 1840, and has sittings for 1,400, 580 seats being free.  The original cost of the building was only L3,200, but nearly L1,000 was expended upon it in 1883.  Five trustees have the gift of the living, value L300, which is now held by the Rev. J. Byrchmore, vicar.  The Mission Room, in Lupin Street, is served from St. Matthew’s.

St. Matthias’s, Wheeler Street, commenced May 30th, 1855, was consecrated June 4, 1856.  Over L1,000 was spent on renovations in 1879.  The seats (1,150) are all free.  The yearly value of the living is L300, and it is in the gift of trustees.  The vicar is the Rev. J.H.  Haslam, M.A.