Information for record number MWA2411:
Chapel at Cemetery, Brunswick Street

Summary A mortuary chapel which was built during the Imperial period. It was situated in the cemetery on Brunswick Street, Leamington Spa, but has been demolished.
What Is It?  
Type: Chapel, Mortuary Chapel
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Leamington Spa
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 32 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Chapel by D G Squirhill. Cemetery (PRN 2410) opened in 1852.
2 Two Chapels designed by Squirhill, which have long since disappeared.
3 On the OS map of 1905 there are three mortuary chapels at this Cemetery: two Church of England and one Nonconformist.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Royal Leamington Spa
Author/originator: Cave L F
Date: 1988
Page Number: 178
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
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: Map
Title: OS Map
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1887, 1905
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
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Description  
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 BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument CEMETERY * An area of ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. 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 MORTUARY CHAPEL * A place of worship at the site of a mortuary. back
monument SPA * A medicinal or mineral spring often with an associated building. back

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