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00226 - PARISH OF ST JOHN BAPTIST, WESTWOOD - 1845-1979
1 - Incumbent
3 - Benefice (property & income, inc glebe; union with other benefices)
DocRefNo
DR0454/28
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Item
Title
The endowment of the Westwood Chapel. Package includes: many manuscript promises; printed first list of subscribers (4, 5 & 6 November 1840) together with illustration of proposed chapel; mss notes on the length & breadth of the district of Westwood; printed subscription plea to the 'Owners, Occupiers, and Cultivators of Land'; petition for Queen Anne's Bounty; two printed copies of Lord Leigh's hymn to be sung by the children at the laying of the foundation stone; printed copy of the Memorial sent to the Lord Bishop of Worcester; a printed account of monies subscribed (1 August 1841) [in effect, a mini-census of the whole of the parish of Stoneleigh, as inhabitants were noted even if not at home]; coloured plan of the district to be attached to the chapel, copied from Lord Leigh's map July 20 1846.
Date
1840-1847
Places
Code
Set
NA669
/Westwood/Warwickshire
NA635
/Stoneleigh/Warwickshire
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