Dr McKerrow and the rise of reform in Manchester
Dissenters suffered and aided the formation of the Anti-State Church Association later the Liberation Society. The Manchester clergy and ministers helped found the Anti-Corn-Law and education reform movements, with McKerrow as a key organizer and later moderator. His work spanned public schools, temperance, and emancipation, ending with a Jubilee tribute and funeral procession in Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Anti-State Church Association
Liberation Society
Anti-Corn-Law Association
Lloyd-street
Manchester
Council of the
League
William McKerrow
Richard Fletcher
J. W. Massie
McKerrow
James Graham
Lloydstreet Chapel
Jacob Bright
Samuel Lucas
W. B. Hodgson
Alexander Ireland
Thomas Ballantyne
Mechanics’ Institution
Towna
National Public Schools Association
Thomas Bazley
John Watts
Manchester Education Aid Society
Manchester School Board
Union and Emancipation Society
Reform Club
King-street
M.P
Union of
Presbyterian Church of England
Late Dr McKerrow Interred in Ardwick Cemetery
The remains of Dr McKerrow were interred on Saturday in Ardwick Cemetery. The cortège departed from Springfield Bowdon at 11:30 AM and proceeded to the Presbyterian Chapel Brunswick for the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Street
McKerrow
W. Rigby Murray
J. Reid
Thompson
Maclaren
W. M.caw
J. Towers
J. Sclater
Dr. McKerrow
Ardwick
Springfield
Bowdon
Presbyterian Chapel
Brunswick
Ecclesiastical Notices From The Hast Anglian Daily Times
A monition issued by the Bishop of Norwich orders Rev. George Drury of Claydon near Ipswich to remove church ornaments by August 1. Rev. John Edwards of Priestbury faces possible contempt and suspension proceedings, with possible reference to Martin v Mackonchie. A Tilton-on-the-Hill parishioner accuses the vicar of refusing to bury a drowned child. the vicar denies it. A Dissenting Deputies dinner marks fifty years since repeal of Test and Corporation Acts, with numerous MPs attending. Father Hyacinthe lectures in Paris advocate reform and popular election, urging freedom of worship and critique of Ultramontanism. The Baptist Southern Association endorses Mr Osborne Morgan’s graveyard rights campaign and rejects equal rights denial. The Pope suffers heat and contemplates resignation. Cardinals debate, with Cardinal Franchi urging Germany authorities to curb socialism. St Rappart’s, Bristol, notes insistence on lawful church practices and reaffirmation of Anglican reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rirwauism
Sourro Ltd
Hast Anglian Daily Times
Norwich
George Drury
Claydon
Ipswich
Drury
Martin v. Mackonochie
Queen’s Bench
Tilton-on-the-Hill
Cannon-street Hotel
Arthur Russell
M.P
Kello Russell
Marquis of Lansdowne
Earl of Cork
Fortescue
Cowper
Rosebery
Lord Aberdare
Goschen
Forster
Lord Kensington
Adam
Earl Granville
Father Hyacinthes
Paris
Father Hyacinthe
Baptist Southern Association
Poole
Osborne Morgan
House of Commons
Leo XIII
Uetramontanes
National Zeitung
Rome
Clement XIV
Cardinal Franchi
Pontifical Secretary of State
Germany
St. Rappart’s
Bristol
Glocester
A. H. Ward
St. Raphael’s
Religions with Renominational Fletes and Church Progress
A Presbyterian Church of Ireland General Assembly report notes £12,000 extra giving for church needs, with Misses Brooke donating £5,000 to Sustentation and £2,700 for Indian famine relief. Hampstead Road building to open June 25 under MP William Forsyth, with a bazaar to fund the project. Turnerunion New Connexion Conference reports membership growth and vacancies filled, plus minister resignations considered. In Faversham, memorial stone laid for a new Congregational church costing over £6,000 with 850 seats, while Howard Chapel in Bedford dedicates school buildings as secular education boosts Sunday School efficiency.
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General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church of Ireland
Ireland
Brooke
Tolmer
Drummond-Street
Hampstead-road
Arthur Hall
William Forsyth
M.P
Ashton-under- Lyne
Jas. Ogden
Macclesfield
Geo. Goodall
Nottingham
Faversham
Kent
Newton-road
J. Kemp- Welch
J.P
Stoughton
A. Hannay
Congregational Union of
England and Wales
Mullens
London Missionary Society
Lewis Shrubsole
Kemp- Welch
Howard Chapel
Bedford
W. P. Irving
Alderman Swain
Leicester
W. Bachler
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