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St Peter's was the main church for Wolverhampton and also covered large surrounding parishes of Bushbury,Bilston,Willenhall and was the 'posh' church to go to.
St Johns as a chapel of ease was added in the 1700's and became a parish in it's own right.
St George began 1834
St Mary 1842
St James 1843
St Pauls 1844
St Marks 1846
St Matthew 1846
So you can see by your dates there was a lot of Anglican churches in the area before you even consider Heath Town or Penn or other outlying areas.
There was also a large non-conformist congregation in the area and the influx of Irish in the 1830's had bolstered the catholic population .
St Peter's and St Paul's catholic records date from the 1700's.
There was an article stating s 1830 that only 1/10th of the population could be accommodated at St Peter's so more churches were built as Wolverhampton expanded,
Only 1/5th of the population in 1851 could trace there family in Wolverhampton to before 1800 so it was quite a rapid influx of people.
Much slum clearing went on with the arrival of the railway line to the East and the clearing of Caribee Island and it's largely Irish population.
St Peter's was near the Market place and was also a land owner ,renting out many little courts and workshops in the area.The Rate books are available at Wolverhampton Archives and there is a locally compiled book of trades taken from them which make it easy to look up ancestors in the area for the 1770's to early 1800's.
Lots of records are indexed at
www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.ukThere is also an old map of Wolverhampton
www.vintage-maps.com/en/antique-maps/europe/british-islands/jefferys-british-islands-staffordshire-wolverhampton-1751::946It shows you St Peters in the middle.
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