| Reference Number | DSCAM/6/4/6 |
| Title | Bundle of material relating to rebuilding Rowley Regis church |
| Description | DSCAM/6/4/6/1-27: Report on the current church and estimate for building works (with list of subscribers - Viscount Dudley and Ward, the Marquess of Stafford etc.), by George Barrs; notices; minutes and resolutions of public meetings in favour and against rebuilding (rather than repairing) the church - opposition led by Matthias Attwood; minutes of Vestry meeting; copy of address sent to persons solicited to subscribe; correspondence, including letters received from the Bishop of Worcester, the Marquess of Stafford and, and drafts addressed to them and to Viscount Dudley and Ward, the Hon. J.W. Ward and the Lord Chancellor; letter from E.J. Littleton [later 1st Baron Hatherton]; draft petition to the House of Commons for leave to bring in a Bill to authorise the demolition and rebuilding. |
| DSCAM/6/4/6/27: Draft statement of facts relative to the opposition to taking down the church; endorsed upon circular letter issued by Edward John Walhouse seeking suport for his candidacy to succeed his late uncle, Sir Edward Littleton, as MP for Staffordshire - supported by James Bourne, William Fellows et al., May 1812. |
| Date | 1808-1813 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 27 items |
| Level | Item |