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The church was originally built in 1647 but virtually rebuilt in 1882 by the architect Edward Witts.

St Edith's dates almost entirely from the 14th century, but the tower and clerestory are from about a century later.

Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, owned most of Shropshire, and it was he who founded this Benedictine abbey in 1083, he is said to have been buried here when he died in 1094.

An early 14th century village church in the middle of the country, might this perhaps have been where Robin Hood could have rode the glen, or Ivanhoe hunted boar, or Richard III marched his men, can you hear the monkeys at the nearby zoo?

St Mary’s is as good an introduction to the development of Gothic architecture through the ages as you are likely to find anywhere.

As one of the only Queen Anne style churches left in Birmingham, the church was founded by Job Marston, a local philanthropist, has a rich and varied history.