St George's Church, Kidderminster is a Church of England parish church in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The church is a Grade II* listed building.
History St George’s Church was a Commissioners' church designed by architect Francis Goodwin. Its grant of just over £17,000 (), was the third-largest given by the commission to any church outside London.A History of Kidderminster, Nigel Gilbert, 2004, Phillimore, . p89 and p102 It opened in 1824.
A fire which originated in the belfry destroyed the interior of the church on 20 November 1922 and it was restored by Giles Gilbert Scott.
Incumbents
William Villiers 1824 - 1842 John Downall 1842 - 1847 Thomas Baker Morrell 1847 - 1852 Charles John McQueen Mottram 1852 - 1872 Frederic Rawlins Evans 1872 - 1876 Stephen Brown Bathe 1876 - 1887 Theobald W. Church 1887 - 1915 Albert Edward Riland Bedford 1915 - 1918 Robert Hume Stephen 1918 - 1932 Benjamin John Isaacs 1932 - 1940 P.J. Martin 1940 - 1959 Canon L.W. Chidzey 1959 - 1968 H. Edward Montague-Youens from 1969 - 1972 Peter D. Chippendale 1972 - 1976 Andrew John Piggott until 1994 Canon Nick Barker until 2007 David Hildred from 2020
Organ The church obtained a pipe organ in 1828 by Elliot and Hill. In 1869 this was rebuilt by Hill but was destroyed in the fire of 1922. In 1929 a new organ was installed by G.H.C. Foskett. The organ currently comprises 3 manuals and pedals with 45 speaking stops. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
Organists
C.S. Herve 1836 - 1837 Charles Baldwin from 1837 W. White ca. 1841 James Fitzgerald 1850 - 1895 (formerly assistant organist at Bristol Cathedral, from 1850 to 1868 also choirmaster at St Mary’s) Frank Thornton 1896 - 1900 (formerly organist at St Cuthbert’s Church, Birmingham) C. Milton Bill from1900 (formerly organist at Newport Parish Church, Isle of Wight) Richard Alfred Taylor Harold Evers ca. 1941 until 1976 Tim Morris from 1976
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