Information for record number MWA2443:
Friends' Meeting House and burial ground, off Halford Road, Ettington

Summary A Society of Friends Quaker Meeting House and burial ground built in the Post Medieval period. It is located off the Halford Road in Ettington.
What Is It?  
Type: Friends Meeting House, Friends Burial Ground
Period: Modern (1770 AD - 1935 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Ettington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 48
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II*)
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1 In 1681 Samuel Lucas of Upper Ettington gave land for a meeting house and burial ground.
2 On a concealed site. Quakers were active in Ettington by 1660. The meeting house, built c1684-9 and registered in 1689, has walls of soft grey stone with dressings of ironstone; it has been little altered except for the insertion of a window in the E gable and the substitution of slate for stone as a roof covering in 1894. One of the smallest in the country (interior 7m by 4.9m), retaining many of the fittings of its period.
3 A building survey was carried out in 2016 including a detailed architectural description, photographs, sketch plans and an assessment of heritage value. A burial plan in the meeting house records 63 burials in 60 plots (and seven with unknown location) dating between 1770s to 1935. The burial ground is no longer in use.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 5, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1965
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Volume/Sheet: 5
   
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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Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Friends Meeting House, Ettington, Historic Building Record
Author/originator: Roethe, J.
Date: 2016
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Quaker Meeting House in Ettington
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1953
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Interior of Quaker Meeting House, Ettington
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1953
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A Quaker Meeting House in Ettington
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1890s
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designation Listed Building Buildings and structures, such as bridges, that are of architectural or historical importance are placed on a statutory list. These buildings are protected by planning and conservation acts that ensure that their special features of interest are considered before any alterations are made to them.

Depending on how important the buildings are they are classed as Grade I, Grade II* or Grade II. Grade I buildings are those of exceptional interest. Grade II* are particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Those listed as Grade II are those buildings that are regarded of special interest.
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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 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 BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. 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 ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument NONCONFORMIST CHAPEL * A place of worship for members of Protestant sects dissenting from the established Church. back
monument BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. back
monument FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND * A place of burial for members of the Religious Society of Friends, often known as Quakers. back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back

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