Editing Sutton Coldfield (section)

==== Population growth and public facilities ====
The first census of Sutton Coldfield took place in 1801. It recorded that the town had a population of 2,847. The following census of 1811 recorded that this had risen to 2,959 with 617 houses. This was partially down to the construction of barracks to the east to accommodate the Edinburgh and Sussex Militias, the 7th Dragoon Guards and a Brigade of Artillery. By 1821, the population had further increased to 3,426<ref>{{cite book|last=Smith |first=William |title=A New & Compendious History of the County of Warwick|year=1830 |page=367 }}</ref> and then to 3,684 in 1831.<ref name="Salzman" /> The census of 1881 revealed that the population had increased from 4,662 in 1861<ref>{{cite book|last=McCulloch |first=John Ramsay |title=A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical: Of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World |year=1866 |publisher=Longmans |page=246 |author2=Martin, Frederick }}</ref> to 7,737.

The increasing population of Sutton Coldfield parish was recognised in the mid-19th century and new [[ecclesiastical parish]]es were created from it to better serve the residents of the communities that made up Sutton. The first ecclesiastical parish to be created was Walmley in 1846, with the recently completed St. John the Evangelist Church becoming the parish church.<ref name="Bracken88">{{cite book|last=Bracken |first=L. |title=History of the forest and chase of Sutton Coldfield |year=1860 |publisher=Benjamin Hall|page=88}}</ref> Hill became the next ecclesiastical parish in 1853, with its church being St. James' Church in Mere Green.<ref name="Bracken87">{{cite book|last=Bracken |first=L. |title=History of the forest and chase of Sutton Coldfield |year=1860 |publisher=Benjamin Hall|page=87}}</ref> Boldmere parish was created in 1857, with St. Michael's Church becoming its parish church.<ref name="Bracken89">{{cite book|last=Bracken |first=L. |title=History of the forest and chase of Sutton Coldfield |year=1860 |publisher=Benjamin Hall|page=89}}</ref> Holy Trinity Church was further extended with a north outer aisle and vestries in 1874–9.<ref name="Salzman" />

The construction of Shenstone Pumping Station in 1892 {{fvsp|text=gave Sutton Coldfield its first tapped water supply|date=January 2025}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Potted History |url=http://southstaffswaterarchives.org.uk/Potted%20History.htm |publisher=South Staffordshire Water Archives |access-date=6 November 2010}}</ref> In 1870, W.T. Parsons began the publication of Sutton Coldfield's first newspaper ''Sutton Coldfield News''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Boorman |first=Henry |title=Newspaper Society, 125 years of progress |year=1961 |publisher=Kent Messenger |page=144 }}</ref>