Thanks for your comments Cassy. My source for St Thomas the Martyr is: 'The parish church of St Thomas and St Luke, Dudley'. brief note for visitors which I picked up a few years ago in the church. However, you make a good point and I went back to the files. St Edmund King and Martyr was demolished in 1646 and the parish was merged with St Thomas (Top Church) and, although the church was rebuilt in 1724 it remained a chapel of ease to St Thomas until 1844 when St Edmund parish was re-created. Hence it appears that the compiler of Top Churches's 'Brief Notes' may have crossed their wires. Bryan > >Not a 100% sure , But we have two Churches in Dudley >St Thomas top church and St Edmonds bottom church >They where closely linked at one point , >St Edmunds was knocked down during the civil wars has it held out for >the Royalists , but later rebuilt , but St Edmunds is called St Edmunds >the Martyr >St Thomas does have a web site not sure of the address , but this >does give you some history >of the church > > >Cassy >Assistant Admin Black Country >Potteries, and Wolverhampton Lists >----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Slim" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 7:02 PM >Subject: Re: [Black Country] Dedications - Top Church, Dudley > >>Hi all, >> >>Does anyone know why when the present Top Church was dedicated in >>1818 it was to St Thomas the Apostle but the former building, >>demolished in 1815, was to St Thomas the Martyr? >> >>Thanks >> >>Bryan Slim >>------------------------------------- >>The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black >>Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in >>the area. >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >>without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2003 - Release Date: >03/15/09 14:07:00 > > >Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg=cert >Content-Disposition: inline >Content-Description: "AVG certification" > > >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2003 - Release Date: >03/15/09 14:07:00