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Rise of an Iron Church and the Clash with Establishment
A reader discusses a parish where a railway town formed a new neighborhood and both Baptists and Anglicans built chapels. The iron church was licensed but not consecrated amid fears over patronage and sectarian control, with the building later used as a lecture hall. Nonconformists seek autonomy while Establishment loyalties fray.
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