Information for record number MWA3214:
Baptist Chapel, Albion Street, Kenilworth

Summary A nonconformist chapel, originally Baptist, built in the Imperial period. It is situated in Albion Street, Kenilworth.
What Is It?  
Type: Chapel, Baptist Chapel
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Kenilworth
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 29 72
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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2 'Albion Chapel' was built in 1829 by a Particular Baptist church which ceased to exist in 1874. The Chapel was let to Plymouth Brethren until 1914 when it was re-opened by the West Midland Baptist Association. Brick with a slate roof. Front of three round-arched bays.
3 Seems to be deserted.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 6, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1951
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Volume/Sheet: VI
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Monograph
Title: Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses: Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Warwickshire
Author/originator: C F Stell
Date: 1986
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thomson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4402
   
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A Baptist Chapel in Kenilworth
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 2002
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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 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 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 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 ROUND * A small, Iron Age/Romano-British enclosed settlement found in South West England. back

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