Information for record number MWA2304:
Friends' Meeting House, Brailes.

Summary The site of a chapel which was built during the Post Medieval period. A new chapel was built on the same site during the Imperial period and continued in use until the 1930s. The chapel was situated 100m south of the school at Lower Brailes.
What Is It?  
Type: Friends Meeting House, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Detached House, Friends Burial Ground
Period: Imperial - Modern (1684 AD - 1932 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Brailes
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 30 39
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 In 1850 there was a Friends Meeting House in Brailes, said to have been erected in the time of their founder, George Fox.
2 The original building was constructed circa 1684. In 1854 Quaker Meetings stopped and the building was used by Wesleyan Methodists. In 1891 a new Methodist Chapel was erected on the site and this was closed in 1932.
3 The building is now a private dwelling although the Quaker graveyard still remains behind the house.
4 A two storey 19th century rendered detached chapel, now in domestic use.
5 The first edition OS map shows the original chapel located centrally within the plot, surrounded by the burial ground. The later chapel is still extant and is located in the northwest corner of the site.
6 The land for the meeting house was bought in 1678 and the building was erected in 1684. In 1705 the burial ground was extended. The meeting house was used by the Methodists from 1854 until 1891 when it was in a dangerous condition and it was pulled down.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
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: 4
Source Type: Building Survey
Title: Historic House Survey, Brailes
Author/originator: Ben Wallace
Date: 2015/16
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Source Type: Internet Data
Title: The Corbett One Name Study
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Map
Title: 1st edition 1:2500
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1882-1889
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Unpublished document
Author/originator: Rev N J Morgan
Date: 1983
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: PWF
Date: 1983
Page Number: WMB
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2304
   
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. 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 Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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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 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 METHODIST CHAPEL * A place of worship for Methodists, a movement founded by John Wesley. Following his death in 1791 there were many secessions. back
monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. 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 WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL * A place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. This was the original Methodist church from which the other denominations seceded. In 1932 they joined the United Methodists and the Primitive Methodists to form the Methodist church. back
monument DETACHED HOUSE * A free-standing house, not joined to another on either side. back
monument DWELLING * Places of residence. 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 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 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 DOMESTIC * This is the top term for the class. See DOMESTIC Class List for narrow terms. back

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