Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Hubert

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The Church of Our Lady and St Hubert is a Roman Catholic church in Warley, West Midlands, England, and in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham. It was built in 1934, and is Grade II listed.

Background: The church was built by a bequest of Major Howard Galton (1854–1928). His ancestor Samuel Galton, a Birmingham gun manufacturer, purchased an estate in Warley and built a house, Warley Abbey, set in landscaped grounds. The house was completed by his son Hubert in 1819. The Galton family later moved away from Warley Abbey, but remained its owners. The grounds eventually became Warley Woods; Warley Abbey was demolished in 1957. In the mid-19th century the family, who were Quakers, converted to Roman Catholicism, inspired by John Henry Newman, the founder of the Birmingham Oratory. Major Howard Galton, a grandson of Hubert, originally offered a parcel of land at the corner of Park Road and Wigorn Road in Bearwood nearby, but since the diocesan authorities advised that the site was too small, he amended his will so that the proceeds from a sale of land would be used for building the church on a site approved by the trustees.