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Disestablishment Debates Stir Oswestry and Nearby Towns
Report covers lectures by Mr. Gordon for the Liberation Society, detailing property ownership disputes between Church of England and the state, donor rights over church buildings, and reactions at Oswestry Wigan and multiple towns. The accounts note large audiences, vigorous exchanges, and police action in Wigan and Bradford area meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
State of England
Colonel Akroyd
Halifax
Bradford
Mr. Gordon
J. M. Jowett
Gordon
The
Liberation Society
Oswestry
J. H. Hignett
Woods
Gladstone
Wolverhampton
George Hastings
Birmingham
T. Gasquaine
Independent
J. Latham
United Methodist
J. F. Whitridge
RK. M. Woods
Whittington
J. Hillier
C. R. Jones
E. D. Wilks
Minshall
T. Gasquoine
Gasqueine
Wigan
J. Bickerton Heard
Bolton
Blackpool
Rochdale
Thornton
Kipping
Northrop
Wilbey
Lister
Girlington
Earlsheaton
Dewsbury
Andrew
Leeds
Stanningley
New Baptist School
Harrison
Wheelhouse
M.P