Information for record number MWA1190:
Site of Compton Verney Church

Summary The site of a parish church built during the Medieval period and which was later used as a private chapel. It was demolished in 1772 when the lake at Compton Verney was extended and an obelisk marks the site of the graveyard.
What Is It?  
Type: Church
Period: Medieval - Industrial (1066 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Compton Verney
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 52
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 The church is recorded in the time of King Stephen (1135-54) and in 1340 and 1535.
2 Although called a Parish Church in 1535, after the suppression of Warwick College in 1544 it seems to have become practically the private chapel of Compton Verney Hall, was allowed to fall into decay towards the end of the 18th century and was replaced by a new building.
3 The church was pulled down in 1772 when the lake was made. A view of the old church in Dugdale shows a small building with a W bell-turret and no external division between chancel and nave. A number of memorials from the old church are in the chapel.
4 On the edge of the lake is an obelisk which marks the site of the family graveyard, formerly attached to the chapel which was pulled down in 1772 and which was replaced by the chapel to the N of the house.
6 The drawing in Dugdale shows a lake and suggests that the chapel was demolished when an extension to the lake was constructed.
 
Sources
Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Shakespeare's Land
Author/originator: Ribton-Turner C J
Date: 1893
Page Number: 184
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 5, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1965
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Volume/Sheet: 5
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Antiquities of Warwickshire
Author/originator: Dugdale W
Date: 1730
Page Number: 1056
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Drawing
Title: Antiq of Warwickshire
Author/originator: Dugdale W
Date: 1730
Page Number: 1081
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 25NE6
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1968
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Source No: 6
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C. Hingley personal comments
Author/originator: R C Hingley
Date:
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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 Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. 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 LAKE * A large body of water surrounded by land. 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 OBELISK * A tall, tapering pillar with a pyramidal top, generally square on plan. Used in England from the late 16th century as a public, funerary or garden monument. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument COLLEGE * An establishment, often forming part of a university, for higher or tertiary education. 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 PRIVATE CHAPEL * A small private chapel in a church or house, either attached or in a separate building. back

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