Description:An interior view of St. Mary's Church, Brindley Village facing the altar. Standing in front are (left to right): Rev. Caller: Colin Grice, aged 12; Mrs Benton, the pianist; and Ron Mellor, the lay reader. Originally the chapel for the Military Hospital at Brindley Heath, it was re-dedicated on 18 April 1926 as St. Mary's Mission Church.
Originally built in 1916 as a Military Hospital to serve both Brocton and Rugeley army training camps, the hospital had twelve wards with a total of one thousand beds and served the camps for the remainder of the war, as well as housing convalescing soldiers from France. It continued to be used as a hospital until 1924. The buildings were then acquired by the Coal Board and they were available to rent for local miners and their families from December 1924. The site became known as 'Brindley Village'.
The 'village' had its own school and working men's club and survived until the early 1955, when the last of the inhabitants were moved to a new council-built housing estate on the outskirts of Hednesford.