Information for record number MWA1103:
Church of St Mary, Langley

Summary The Church of St Mary dates to the Imperial period. It is built of red brick. The Church is situated in Langley.
What Is It?  
Type: Church, Parish Church
Period: Modern (1891 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Langley
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 19 62
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A small modern church of red brick.
2 Noted by Ordnance Survey.
3 The church of St Mary the Virgin at Langley dates from the later 1880s when an appeal was launched to build the church. This appeal noted that there was a distance to the then existing parish church at Claverdon. The church was designed by William Davis of Birmingham and built by Mr Isaac Tallis who traded from Claverdon. The church was built after some debate between the architect and Ewan Christian, the architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who proposed building a brick shell around the existing mission hall building. The church includes chapel, bell turret, stone font, culvert, parapet and pillars as well as an altar rail detailed in the accounts of the work carried out. Later charges are noted in 1891 for a stove and bell, before internal furnishing of the church which was later carried out.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 3, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1945
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Volume/Sheet: 3
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Story of St Mary's Church, Langley, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Arthur Baker
Date: 1990
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: OS Card, 16SE
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1955
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 16SEM
   
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. back
period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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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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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument MISSION HALL * A building used for meetings and worship by a religious community trying to propogate its faith in an area. 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 CULVERT * A drainage structure that extends across and beneath roadways, canals or embankments. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument TURRET * A small tower or bartizan, which was often placed at the angles of a castle, to increase the flanking ability, some only serving as corner buttresses. Also used to describe the small rectangular towers situated between the milecastles along Hadrians Wall. back
monument PARISH CHURCH * The foremost church within a parish. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument FONT * A vessel, usually made of stone, which contains the consecrated water for baptism. Use a broader monument type if possible. back
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ALTAR * An elevated table or podium on which to place or sacrifice offerings to the deities. back

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