ST. JOHN'S IN THE SQUARE by Peter Hickman

1. Much of the information in this article results from the patient researches of the late Mr. John S. Roper, who published "A History of St John's Church Wolverhampton" in 1958. It is a scholarly and detailed history of the church.

2. J. S. Roper, "Historic Buildings of Wolverhampton", 1957.

3. G. P. Mander and N. W. Tildesley, "History of Wolverhampton", 1960.

4. Betty Dawson, "St. John's 1750 to the late nineteenth century", 1986

5. A small number of St. John's records are in the Diocesan Records Office, Lichfield.

6. Most of St. John's records and all the early Parish registers are in the County Records Office, Stafford.

7. The Roper Collections are in the Wolverhampton Archives.

The eastern end of the church.

From a newspaper cutting. Courtesy of Ralph Hickman.

Mr. John S. Roper, who attended the church and wrote a history of the church in 1958, died in December, 1980. From a newspaper cutting. Courtesy of Ralph Hickman.

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