St. Mary’s Church, Handsworth

E120531

Anglican church listed building parish church

St. Mary’s Church, Handsworth is a historic Anglican church in Birmingham, England, noted as the burial place of prominent Industrial Revolution figures including Matthew Boulton.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
St. Mary’s Church, Handsworth canonical	7
parish of St. Mary’s, Handsworth	3
St Mary’s Church, Handsworth	2
St. Mary’s Church, Handsworth, Birmingham	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1042587 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St. Mary’s Church, Handsworth
Context triple: [Matthew Boulton, burialPlace, St. Mary’s Church, Handsworth]

A. St Paul’s Church, Blackley
St Paul’s Church, Blackley is an Anglican parish church serving the local community in the Blackley area of Manchester, England.
B. St Andrew’s Church, Blackley
St Andrew’s Church, Blackley is an Anglican parish church serving the community of Blackley in Manchester, England.
C. St Mary’s Church, Harrow on the Hill
St Mary’s Church, Harrow on the Hill is a historic medieval parish church in Harrow, London, renowned for its hilltop setting and extensive views over the city.
D. St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London
St Mary’s Church in Battersea, London, is a historic Anglican riverside church best known as the burial place of American Revolutionary War figure Benedict Arnold.
E. Elie Parish Church
Elie Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving the coastal village of Elie in Fife, Scotland.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St. Mary’s Church, Handsworth
Target entity description: St. Mary’s Church, Handsworth is a historic Anglican church in Birmingham, England, noted as the burial place of prominent Industrial Revolution figures including Matthew Boulton.

A. St Paul’s Church, Blackley
St Paul’s Church, Blackley is an Anglican parish church serving the local community in the Blackley area of Manchester, England.
B. St Andrew’s Church, Blackley
St Andrew’s Church, Blackley is an Anglican parish church serving the community of Blackley in Manchester, England.
C. St Mary’s Church, Harrow on the Hill
St Mary’s Church, Harrow on the Hill is a historic medieval parish church in Harrow, London, renowned for its hilltop setting and extensive views over the city.
D. St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London
St Mary’s Church in Battersea, London, is a historic Anglican riverside church best known as the burial place of American Revolutionary War figure Benedict Arnold.
E. Elie Parish Church
Elie Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving the coastal village of Elie in Fife, Scotland.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican church ⓘ listed building ⓘ parish church ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Handsworth Old Church ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Gothic ⓘ
associatedWith	Industrial Revolution in Birmingham ⓘ Lunar Society figures ⓘ
burialPlaceOf	James Watt ⓘ Matthew Boulton ⓘ William Murdoch ⓘ
category	Church of England church buildings in the West Midlands ⓘ Churches in Birmingham, West Midlands ⓘ Grade II* listed churches in the West Midlands ⓘ
city	Birmingham ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Mary ⓘ
denomination	Church of England ⓘ
diocese	Diocese of Birmingham ⓘ
governedBy	Parochial Church Council of Handsworth ⓘ
hasCemetery	Handsworth churchyard ⓘ
hasFeature	churchyard ⓘ memorial plaques ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ tower ⓘ
hasMonumentTo	James Watt ⓘ Matthew Boulton ⓘ William Murdoch ⓘ
hasStatus	active church ⓘ
heritageStatus	Grade II* listed building ⓘ
locatedIn	Birmingham ⓘ England ⓘ Handsworth ⓘ West Midlands ⓘ
notedFor	associations with the Industrial Revolution ⓘ monuments to Matthew Boulton, James Watt and William Murdoch ⓘ
parish	Handsworth ⓘ
province	Province of Canterbury ⓘ
region	West Midlands conurbation ⓘ linked to: West Midlands
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Anglicanism ⓘ linked to: Anglicanism (broadly)
tradition	Anglican ⓘ
usedFor	Christian worship ⓘ baptisms ⓘ burials ⓘ funerals ⓘ weddings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited