WEST VIEW OF ST JAMES`S CHURCH
HANDSWORTH
ROBT EBBLES ARCHT
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THE FIRST
STONE
OF THIS CHURCH WAS LAID BY
MRS JOHN PEEL
ON THE 24 DAY OF APRIL A.D. 1838
IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER
MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA.
THIS EDIFICE CONTAINING 926 SITTINGS
OF WHICH 518 ARE FREE AND UNAPPROPRIATED