Contested Churchyards and the Nation's Religious Body
A debate on churchyards asks whether the Church of England should be treated as a national religious body or a distinct sect. Critics argue that law and custom privilege Anglican privileges, while Nonconformists demand neutrality and fuller access to burial grounds. The piece critiques the Burial Act and the Act of Uniformity as limiting catholicity of common law and calls for reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
Angels
Church
Cross
J. Raikes
Raikes
Disestablishment Movement Lectures Across Towns
Reports detail Gordon lectures in Huddersfield and other towns with large audiences and strong reactions. Clashes in Clitheroe included mob disruption and police escort, while Penrith and Millom saw orderly gatherings and supportive crowds. A Leicester meeting urged religious equality in churchyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huddersfield
Gordon
Wright Mellor
J.P
Swinton
Manchester
Northern Church Defence Association
Pendlebury
E. Harrison
Chirheror
Clitheroe
Mr. Hargreaves
Mr. Gordon
Alexander
Penrithh
Penrith
Macdougall
Ordon
Old Cumberland
Millom
West Cumberland
Barrow
Hender
Dewsbury
Orna
Oxford University Bill and religious reform efforts
notices detail Liberation Society objections to Salisbury era measures and to University Tests. mentions commission names under discussion, a German audience for Evangelical Alliance, Scottish parish rates reform bill, Clifton sacrament case actions, and a looming prosecution under Public Worship Regulation Act for ritualistic practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford University
Liberation Society
Lord Salisbury
Oxford Commissioners
London
Leeds Mercury
Gladstone
Lord Selborne
Christ’s Church
Ridley
Mowbray
Germany
James Davis
Evangelical Alliance
House of Commons
James Barclay
Jenkins
Cook
Christ Church, Clifton
Stowe
Flavel Cook
Torquay
Airvaist
Stamford Mercury
C. Bodington
Holy Trinity
Gainsborough
Bodington
St. Andrew’s
Wolverhampton
Christ Church
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Leicester
Alderman Chambers
J. P. Mursell
Edward Miall
Miall
W. Baines
A. H. Macdonald
Osborne Morgan
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