Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham.
History
The site for the church was given by Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe. The church cost £8,000 with the parishioners contributing £2,000 and the Misses Stokes of the Hawthorns, Edgbaston, the balance. The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Worcester Rt. Revd. John Perone on 28 September 1898.
The church was built between 1897 and 1898 by J. A. Chatwin. It was a daughter parish to St Bartholomew's Church, Edgbaston.
Clergy
1891–1915: Arthur G Lloyd
1915–1950: Martin Cope Heathcote Hughes
1950–1975: Alfred Doyle
1975–1983: Nigel Graham
1983–1988: Richard Wilcox
1990–1994: John Ward
1996–2002: Hilary Savage
2004–2016: Catherine Grylls
Organ
The first organ in the church was built by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd in 1898. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
Organists
W. Timperley ca. 1890
H.S. Williams ca. 1907
C.F. Mottram 1919 - ???? Geoffrey Norman Gibbon 1946 - 1948 Anthony John Cooke 1948 – 1949 Harrison Oxley 1949 - 1950 Geoffrey Norman Gibbons 1950 - 1961 (afterwards organist at Henley in Arden) Malcolm Jones 1968 - ???? (formerly organist of St Philip's Church, Dorridge) Anthony White 1983 - 1986 David Dewar 1989 - 1991