Description:A postcard view of the west end of St Peter's Church looking up Church Hill, Hednesford. The primary school is behind further up the hill. Simcox Street's terrace of houses can be seen behind the church.
St. Peter's Parish Church, Hednesford was built on land donated by The Marquis of Anglesey and opened in 1868. It was built from stone from the Marquis's quarry at Etchinghill, Rugeley. Hednesford was separated from Cannock to become an ecclesiastical parish in 1870. The north aisle and south porch were added in 1904-05, probably just after this photograph was taken, made from Penkridge stone. The church had always suffered from mining subsidence and the gable end fell suddenly in 1921. Further damage in the 1930s necessitated underpinning. It was eventually demolished in 1986 and a new replacement was built on an adjacent site which opened in 1987. The chancel wall of the old church still stands alongside the new.