There are reports that the Roman Catholic church was using the Apollo Rooms in Clemens Street and a chapel in Tower Street for services about 1822. However, this article is a tale of two later buildings because the Roman Catholics moved from one church to another. George Street. In the eighteenth century Roman Catholics worshipped inconspicuously. They … Read more

In 1818 the only places of worship in Leamington Priors were the parish church of All Saints (see article) and the non-conformist Congregationalist chapel in Clemens Street. A few Methodists did establish a place of worship in a loft in Barnacle’s Yard, Satchwell Street, in 1817, but did not establish a permanent home in Leamington … Read more

St Mark’s Church is a Church of England establishment which is on the north-east corner where St Mark’s Road leaves Rugby Road. Rugby Road was a turnpike road running from Warwick to Rugby and several cottages and houses were in existence along parts of it for many years before the church was built. In the early … Read more

The project to build a church in Tachbrook Street was inspired by Mrs. Matthew Wise of Shrubland Hall in 1874 whilst she was making alterations to her will.  She donated £1,000 for the purpose. A Committee, including Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh and Canon Young, Rector of Whitnash, was formed and a meeting was held in the … Read more

There can be a debate about which of Lillington or Leamington Priors parish churches was founded first. There is little evidence either way before the Norman Conquest. The Domesday Book states that Lamintone (Leamington) had a priest and, therefore, probably the existence of a form of church, in 1086; there is evidence of a church in … Read more

The Mill Street Chapel was started in 1829 by a group of Nonconformists who had broken away from the Union Chapel, Clemens Street, and who needed a home where they could continue to use part of the Liturgy of the Church of England, an issue which led some Nonconformist ministers to join the Anglican Church. The … Read more

As there was no provision for Methodists in Leamington in the early 1800s, worshippers travelled to Warwick, or further afield to Coventry. A London barber, William Scott, set up a place of worship for Methodists in Barnacle’s Yard, Satchwell Street in 1817. Two years later, with a congregation of just nine, a large room in Brunswick … Read more

The Roman Catholic parish of Lillington gained its status as an independent body from the mother church of Saint Peter’s in Leamington Spa in 1958. This was at a time when extensive house building was taking place in the area, with farm land being sold on for local authority and private sector house building. There … Read more