The Area	The Beacon Church
	Pictures of the Church & Area	General Interest & Activities
	Church Leaders	Services
	Links to other Sites	Sketch Map of Pheasey (26kb)

The Area

Great Barr and Pheasey
The word barr means a hill or summit in the Celtic language of the people who lived here before the Anglo-Saxons arrived. Magna or Great Barr was part of the manor given by William 1 to William Fitzansculf as Baron of Dudley following the Norman invasion of 1066. The manor was eventually sold to the Scott family in 1618. They built Great Barr Hall and remained there until 1911.

Simon Vesey bought some land in Barr in 1559, but over the years the spelling changed to Pheasey, which is how the estate got its name. George Smith farmed at Pheasey for many years and when he left, the land was sold to the First National Housing Trust.

Building began in 1937. The road names were chosen by the developers and have no local connections. They all commemorate artists, engravers or sculptors, some of them being rather better known than others.

In the 1950's, Park Farm, which was the Home Farm of the Great Barr Estate, was also sold for housing, the development being completed in 1981.

Sir Walter Scott, the novelist, was a visitor to Great Barr Hall and is supposed to have modelled his estate at Abbotsford on the Hall's gardens. This may account for the developer's decision to give some of the Park Farm Estate roads Scottish names. However, the reason for the other names has not been discovered, all we know is that they were accepted by Aldridge U.D.C. in 1954.

Barr Beacon to the north of the Pheasey Estate is a local beauty spot and the highest point of the area. The memorial on top of the Beacon can be seen at the top of the page.

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"The Beacon Church" is a Local Ecumenical Church comprising of St. Chad's Church (Anglican) and Pheasey Methodist Church.

The church on the left was formally St. Chad's Church but it amalgamated with Pheasey Methodist Church in 1995 to become the Beacon Church. The church is at the heart of the (11,000 population) community.

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Pictures of the Church & Area

Since a large number of pictures have been added, (the latest were added on the 19th May 2010) there are four pages of thumbnails which should load very quickly. If you wish to see large pictures of these, just click on the thumbnails.
Select the pictures you wish to see by clicking on the appropriate link below.

Pictures of latest Services and Activities - added 19th May 2010
Pictures of the Day Centre
Pictures of the Church and Area
Latest pictures of Activities and Services

Two recent pictures:
1: The Courtyard
2: Fundraising for Charity

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General Interest & Activities

Day	Time	Activity
Sunday	10.00 am	Sunday School (1st & 3rd Sundays)
Monday	9.00 am	Mothers & Toddlers
	10.30 pm	Bible Study Group
	-	Girls' Friendly Society
Tuesday	9.30 am	Day Care Centre
	1.00 pm	Luncheon Club - open to the community
	-	Brownies and Guides
	7.30 pm	Fellowship Group - Bible Study, Discussion, Games etc
	7.45 pm	Brotherhood (Men's Group)
Wednesday	-	Girls Brigade & Junior Girls Brigade
	-	Beavers
Thursday	9.30 am	Day Care Centre
	12.00 pm	Choir
	1.00 pm	Lunches
	6.30 pm	Weight Watchers
	-	Cubs and Scouts
Friday	9.30 am	Day Care Centre
	1.00 pm	Lunches

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Church Leaders

Priest / Leader	Name	Telephone Number
Vicar	Vacant	-
Methodist Minister	Rev'd Helen Jobling	0121 240 4767
Church Wardens	Mrs L. Barlow	-
	Mrs P. Wilson	-
Church Office	-	0121 693 7552
The Church office does not have regular opening times but does have an answerphone.

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Services

Day	Time	Service
Sunday	10.00 am	Holy Communion (1st & 3rd Sunday)
	10.00 am	Morning Worship (2nd Sunday)
	10.00 am	Healing Service (1st Sunday with Eucharist)
	10.00 am	All Age Worship (4th Sunday)
	6.00 pm	Holy Communion (2nd & 4th Sunday)
Tuesday	12.30 pm	Short Lunch time worship
Fridat	12.30 pm	Holy Communion (last Friday of the month

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