The History of St. Luke's Church |
The church, at Blakenhall, on the extreme southern boundary of Wolverhampton, was built in 1860 and consecrated in July 1861. St Luke's parish was formed on 5th September, 1862. St Luke's church was built of variously coloured bricks, from designs by Mr GT Robinson, of Leamington, and consisted of an apsidal chancel, nave, aisles and side chapel, a long western porch or cloister extending the whole width of the church and uniting it with a tower and spire, 170 feet in height.... |