We visited St John’s the Baptist Church in Halesowen and met with Reverend Sarah to find out about the History of the Church and where it is listed in the Domesday Book.

We found out that the Church was originally built on an Anglo-Saxon site but there is only  a small part of the original Church still standing.

Halesowen was one of the largest Anglo-Saxon settlements  with 81 households listed. The church was built in 1083 and it was recorded in the

Domesday book as ‘Hala’ and founded by Earl Roger de Montgomery in 1086.