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St Paul's Church
Darwall Street
Walsall
WS1 1DA
Phone: 01922 620669
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About St Paul's

Mission Statement

St Paul's is the lively Church which meets at the spectacularly transformed building known as The Crossing, next to Walsall bus station in Darwall Street. We are a Church of England parish Church with a passionate commitment to the people who live and work in central Walsall.

St Paul's is called to be a Church that is:

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Parish

St Paul's Church meets in the heart of Walsall's town centre. Through our facilities at The Crossing we have great opportunities to serve the people who work and shop in the town centre.

But St Paul's is more than a town centre Church. We are also committed to the parish of St Paul, which encompasses most of the historic district of The Butts and a large part of Chuckery, as well as the mainly commercial and industrial centre of the town.

To see if your house is in our parish, please refer to the table below:

If your house is not listed below please still feel free to come and visit us.
All are most welcome in St Paul's.

Street Name

House Numbers In St Paul's Parish

   
Ablewell St 1 - 116
Albert St All properties
Arboretum Rd All properties
Augustine St  
Balls Hill All properties
Balls St All properties
Bate St  
Blue Lane East  
Borneo St Odd nos. 101 to 133 odd;
even nos. 142 to 186
Bradford St  
Bridge St Odd nos. only
Bridgeman St  
Broadway North Odd nos. 1 to 41;
even nos. 16 to 56
Butler’s Precinct All properties
Butts (Austin House) All properties
Butts Road All properties
Butts Road ( Cottrell Court) All properties
Butts St All properties
Cecil St All properties
Cecil St (The Archway) All properties
Charles St  
Charlotte St Odd nos. 1 to 85 only
Court Way All properties
Darwall St All properties
Day St  
Dog Kennel Lane ( Jervis Court) All properties
Duncalfe St All properties
Eastbourne St All properties
Frederick St  
Green Lane  
Hatherton Road ( Fordbrook Court) All properties
Hatherton St All properties
Holtshill Lane All properties
Intown All properties
Intown Row All properties
Leicester St All properties
Lichfield St 1 to 59A; 109 to 151
Little Albert Lane All properties
Little Station St All properties
Littleton St East All properties
Littleton St West All properties
Lower Forster St All properties
Lower North Street All properties
Lower North Street
(Thornbrook Court) 		All properties
Lower Rushall St All properties
Lower Rushall St (Eyland Grove) All properties
Lower Rushall St (Woollaston Court) All properties
Marsh Lane All properties
Marsh St All properties
Mill Lane All properties
Mill Lane (The Cutting) All properties
Navigation St All properties
North St  
Paddock Lane Odd nos.only
Park St All properties
Persehouse St All properties
Persehouse St (St George's Court) All properties
Persehouse St (St George's Place) All properties
Rowley Street All properties
Saddlers’ Centre All properties
Saw Mill Close All properties
Shaw St  
Sovereign Walk All properties
St Paul’s St All properties
Stafford St  
Station St All properties
Teddesley St All properties
Teddesley St (Booth House) All properties
Teddesley St (O'Hare House) All properties
The Butts All properties
The Cloisters All properties
Tower St All properties
Townend Bank All properties
Townend St All properties
Union St 23 to 43
Union St (Croft House) All properties
Union St (Saddle Tree Court) All properties
Upper Forster St All even nos. and odd nos. 55 to 71
Upper Navigation St All properties
Walhouse Close All properties
Walhouse Rd Odd nos. 79 to 107
and even nos. 36 to 40
Ward St All properties
Warewell Close All properties
Warewell St All properties
Warwick St All properties
Wedge St All properties
Westbourne Road Odd nos. only
Westbourne St All properties
Whitehouse Close  
Whittimere St All properties
William St All properties
Wisemore  
Wolverhampton St

 

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History

In 1554 Queen Mary's School was founded in Walsall by Mary Tudor. We can see this as the beginning of the history of St. Paul's Church as, without the school, there would have been no Church. In 1826 St. Paul's Chapel was consecrated on the site of the present Church. It was the chapel to Queen Mary's School, whose headmaster at that time was always a Church of England clergyman.

1865 saw the arrival in Walsall of Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison, better known as Sister Dora - the founder of the first cottage hospital in Walsall and the first non-royal lady in Britain to have a statue erected in her memory.  For many years Sister Dora worshipped at St. Paul's Chapel.

By 1890 the Chapel was too small and on 3rd April 1892 the final service was held.  The present Church was consecrated on 28 September 1893 - one year and ten days after the foundation stone was laid.

The architect was John Loughborough Pearson who also designed Truro Cathedral and, among others, eight Churches in London. It is in the Gothic style and built of stone from Hollington, near Uttoxeter.

The area around St. Paul's has largely changed from residential to commercial. To meet this change the Church was re-ordered during 1994-95 and the whole building is now known as The Crossing at St. Paul's.

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Links With Other Churches

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Community Links

Information coming soon

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