Information for record number MWA2402:
Site of demolished Methodist Chapel building, Dale Street, Leamington Spa

Summary A Methodist Chapel built in 1869-70 was demolished in 1968. The site of the building on Dale Street has been mapped in accordance with 1st edition O/S.
What Is It?  
Type: Chapel, Methodist Chapel
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Leamington Spa
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Picture(s) attached

  
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Source Number  

2 1869-70 by George Woodhouse. Broad Italianate seven-bay front.
3 Demolished 1968. A new chapel was erected on the site in 1971.
4 Photograph (undated) of the Dale Street Methodist Chapel building and brief history
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Royal Leamington Spa
Author/originator: Clarke H C
Date: 1947
Page Number: 65, 67
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Buildings of England: Warwickshire
Author/originator: Pevsner N and Wedgwood A
Date: 1966
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Warwicks
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Royal Leamington Spa
Author/originator: Cave L F
Date: 1988
Page Number: 178
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No:
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: Methodist Chapels in Leamington Spa
Author/originator: Leamington History Group
Date: 2013
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
Dale Street Methodist Church, Leamington Spa
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1890s
Click here for larger image  
 
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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 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 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 BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. 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 SPA * A medicinal or mineral spring often with an associated building. back

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