Information for record number MWA12532:
Exetension to St Nicholas Church Grounds

Summary Early 19th century extension to St Nicholas Churchyard.
What Is It?  
Type: Churchyard
Period: Modern (1815 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 36 91
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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11815 extension to St Nicholas Churchyard. By the early 19th century the graveyard was deemed to be full and in 1815 the parishioners drew up a petition to purchase land adjoining the Churchyard to the south-east. The land purchased included ‘one messauage and a croft and two tenements with the garden and croft thereto adjoining the Churchyard in Nuneaton’ The new area area of burial ground was consecrated in 1816.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Observation Report
Title: Archaeological Recording at the church of St Nicholas, Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Warwickshire Museum
Date: 2010
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Report No 1032
   
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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 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 CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument TENEMENT * A parcel of land. back
monument CHURCHYARD * An area of ground belonging to a church, often used as a burial ground. 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 GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back
monument CROFT * An enclosed piece of land adjoining a house. back

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