Information for record number MWA2433:
Friends' Meeting House/Methodist Chapel, Keys Hill, Baddesley Ensor

Summary A Methodist chapel dating to the Post Medieval period stood on this site until it was replaced by a later building during the Imperial period. The site is located on Keys Hill, Baddesley Ensor.
What Is It?  
Type: Friends Meeting House, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Sunday School
Period: Imperial - Modern (1722 AD - 1986 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Baddesley Ensor
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 27 98
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 A meeting-house given to the Quakers in 1669 was superceded by one on the present site in 1722. This building, which records suggest may have been rebuilt c1768, stands behind a red brick Wesleyan chapel of 1895. Friends meetings ceased in 1847 and the building was later sold to the Wesleyans; it now serves as a Sunday school. Brick with a tiled roof.
2 Photographed in 1987.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Monograph
Title: Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses: Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Warwickshire
Author/originator: C F Stell
Date: 1986
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Photograph
Title: Methodist Chapel, Baddesley Ensor
Author/originator: WMHBR
Date: 1987
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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 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 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 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 NONCONFORMIST CHAPEL * A place of worship for members of Protestant sects dissenting from the established Church. 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 SUNDAY SCHOOL * A school in which instruction is given on a Sunday, especially such a school for children connected with a parish or congregation. back

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