Information for record number MWA10116:
Alcester Friends Meeting House

Summary Early 18th century Friends (Quakers) meeting house with graveyard. Located 40m southeast of the High Street in Alcester.
What Is It?  
Type: Friends Meeting House, Friends Burial Ground
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Alcester
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 09 57
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Quaker meeting house with earliest evidence from Saville recording a meeting house in 1677. The Quarter Sessions record a meeting house in 1701. A deed of 1727 shows a lease that notes a Quaker meeting house at this location. Sutton's map of Alcester of 1754 marks the meeting house as " i ", shown NE-SW in orientation. Discontinued use as a meeting house in 1835. Left Quaker ownership in 1948. A watching brief in 2003 found some stone footings for the original building and brick walls and foundations of a later date (late 18th century) all oriented NE-SW. The Alcester Local History Society records that the meeting house had its own graveyard but that no signs of this remain. A watching brief in 2003 found at least 6 (possibly up to 12) burials in the same location as the meeting house.
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Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Serial
Title: WMA vol. 46 (2003)
Author/originator: Watt, S (ed)
Date: 2004
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 46
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Watching Brief Report
Title: 28 High Street, Alcester
Author/originator: Catherine Coutts
Date: 2003
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source WMA West Midlands Archaeology. This publication contains a short description for each of the sites where archaeological work has taken place in the previous year. It covers Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire. Some of these descriptions include photographs, plans and drawings of the sites and/or the finds that have been discovered. The publication is produced by the Council For British Archaeology (CBA) West Midlands and is published annually. Copies are held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE * A place of worship for members of the Religious Society of Friends, often known as Quakers. The Religious Society of Friends is a denomination founded by George Fox in c.1650 who believed in passivist principles and a rejection of the sacrament. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. back
monument FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND * A place of burial for members of the Religious Society of Friends, often known as Quakers. back
monument SIGN * A board, wall painting or other structure displaying advice, giving information or directions back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back

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