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Church reform debate on chapels and lay building rights
A parliamentary hearing probes the law on private chapels and lay funding. Witnesses press elastic church expansion to allow lay groups to build chapels without bishop or incumbent consent, arguing this eases access and counters Nonconformist competition while preserving ecclesiastical order.
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Church of England
Beresford Hope
Dale
Lady Huntingdon
W. E. Forster
London