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Disestablishment Debate Spurs Liberation Movement
A Leicester public meeting promotes religious equality and disestablishment of the Church of England. Speakers urge ending church-state union, expanding civil rights, and reforming doctrine through public agitation, with emphasis on parliamentary action and broadening Nonconformist access to education and endowments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Ngland
Liberation Society
Voice of
England
J. B. Heard
Brahe
Victoria
J. Spong
John Templeton
The
Church of England
Wellington Street
W. Baines
G. C. Whiteley
J. Carvell Williams
Leicester
J. P. Mursell
Miall
G. H. Baines
Stevenson
Kempson
L M. Wright
Merrick
G. G. Whiteley
Cambridge University
M.p.’S
Artemus Ward
Spence
Pembroke College
Cambridge
Baldwin Brown
Brasenoze College
Oxford
Ra c
Canada
Church Free
Paul
Houses of Lords and Commons
Parliament
Liberal Party
Dale
Richards
Leatham
Bright
Jas. Thompson