Estimation of English Church Building in 19th Century
The article evaluates church-building figures through 1813 to 1876, comparing Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol estimates with Canon Gregory counts. It concludes about 16,000 Church of England religious edifices exist by 1876, and discusses tithe, glebe lands, and Ecclesiastical Commission power alongside church revenues.
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Crockford
Gloucester
Bristol
England
Wales
Robert Gregory
St. Paul's
Gregory
Ingland
Church of England
Martin
Giobes
Diocese of
Winchester
Ecclesiastical Commission
Queen Anne’s Bounty
Estimated Annual Income of Church of England Clergy
The article totals income across 172 dignitaries and 13 000 parochial incumbents and unsigned clergy. It computes the 10 266 ordained servants as curates teachers chaplains and unattached clergy with a combined annual revenue just over seven million sterling. It credits Mr. Martin for a clear method in this assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ecclesiastical Commission
Glebe House
Church of England
Baptist Union correspondence to editor notice
A letter requests readers send Baptist Union contributions to Rev. H. Booth and Home Missionary Society gifts to Rev. J. H. Millard. Dated May 7, 1877, from 19 Castle-street Holborn.
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the Baptist Union
Baptist Union
H. Booth
The
Baptist Home and Irish Missions
J. H. Millard
British and Irish Home Missionary Society
Ae Barris Booth
James H. Millard
Caastle-street
Holborn
E.C
Lord Granville's Resolution Protest Letter
A reader protests Lord Granville's amendment to the Burials Bill noting that if churchyards become state property secularists should be allowed use. The letter argues against excluding Secularists and mentions Mr Bradlaugh as a reformer to be respected in death.
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Lord Granville
Bradlaugh
Italy and Capital Punishment in Europe and America
A letter to the Nonconformist discusses the logic behind capital punishment in Italy and other regions. The writer cites jurists and argues abolition raises safety, noting reduced murders where laws are repealed and challenging the idea that fear of the law is the sole crime deterrent. London.
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Srr
Italy
Europe
America
Lords Report on Intemperance and Licensing Debates
A House of Lords committee report and evidence detail rising Liverpool public houses from 1493 to 1919 and beerhouse declines, debates over free licensing, and the impact on drunkenness. Testimony covers Manchester Birmingham Sheffield and the Gothenburg system, with calls for tighter licensing and local options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
Liverpool
Manchester
Birmingham
Sheffield
Chamberlain
M.P
David Carnegie
Major Greig
Henry Selwin - Ibbetson
Rathbone
Liverpool Bench
Caine
Neilson
Prescot
James Edward Davis
Commissioners of
Metropolitan Police
London
Davis
Potteries
F. A. Bremner
Palin
Major Bond
Jackson
Mr. Chamberlain
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House OF Lords and Intemperance
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