St Mark’s Church stands on Bandywood Crescent. As the estate went up, Kingstanding’s new streets built their own places of worship and community — St Mark’s among them.
Bandy Woods
Bandywood Crescent shares its name with the Bandy Woods, which could still be seen from Holly Lane (now Kingstanding Road) near the Circle in 1928. Bandy was a game rather like hockey, once played in the woods — and the cottages there were well known in the 1930s.
Help us tell its story
We would love to hear from the congregation and neighbours — memories, photographs and the church’s own history — so we can tell the story of St Mark’s properly.
Then and now
St Mark’s Church, 1984 and 2020
The round church on Bandywood Crescent, photographed from almost the same spot thirty-six years apart.
St Mark’s ChurchThe 1984 picture
1984: Library of Birmingham, Local Studies and History Department, LSH Warks Photo Survey WK-K10-0035 (3/1264) · 2020: Andy Mabbett, 2020 · CC BY-SA 4.0
From the Heritage Archive
Sources. Library of Birmingham, Local Studies and History Department (Warwickshire Photographic Survey), catalogue captions (St Mark’s Church, 1984; Bandywood Cottages, 1930s; Kingstanding Road, April 1928). Photograph by Andy Mabbett, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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