Information for record number MWA2408:
Site of Chapel in Guy Street

Summary The site of a Baptist Chapel which dated to the Imperial period. It was located in Guy Street Leamington Spa.
What Is It?  
Type: Chapel, Baptist Chapel
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Leamington Spa
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 66
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 In 1830 the Baptists were renting a chapel which had been built in Guy Street.
2 Small 19th century brick house with tile roof. Porch in brick original. Windows original.
3 Location inprecise. Not marked on the 6"OS maps of 1887, or1938, or the one mile to 1" of 1905.
4 "The Baptists, who at first worshipped with the other nonconformists in Clemens Street, began services of their own in a room in Grove Place about 1829, then moved to larger premises in Brunswick Street, and in 1830 built a new chapel in Guy Street."
 
Sources
Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 6, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1951
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: VI
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Royal Leamington Spa
Author/originator: Clarke H G
Date: 1947
Page Number: 81
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: OS Map
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1887, 1905
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Survey
Author/originator: Molyneux N
Date: 1976
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Glossary

 
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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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monument BAPTIST CHAPEL * A place of worship for Baptists. The first Baptist church was formed by Thomas Helws in 1611 and gave rise to the General Baptist Movement. back
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 INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. 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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