Religious liberty in English villages and reform calls
A radical critique argues the Establishment denies religious liberty in rural parishes and pressures villagers toward coercive worship. Wesleyan and Congregational leaders urge disestablishment, more nonconformist effort, and improved outreach to counter clergy-led spiritual bondage and superstition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Ruth
England
Gervase Smith
Wesleyan Conference
Wesleyan Home Missions
Congregational Union
Disestablishment Debates Sweep Several English Towns
A series of Liberal Club events featuring Gordon drew large crowds from Bacup to Merton, Ventnor to Northamptonshire. Reports describe heated exchanges with Church Defence figures, with strong risings in Leicester and varied reception across towns, amid petitions, resolutions, and temperance themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacur
Lancashire
Liberal Club
Gordon
Co-operative Hall
Bacup
Leach
Cr Rch
William Mitchtell
Berger
Free Trade
Hall’ Deate
Harrison
Leicester
Eed
Leicester Apers
Reed
Ventnor
Bae
J. Fernie
Colonel Jarvis
Forresters
Haiti
Andrew
Leeds
Kell
Bradford
Wiltshire
Norfolk
Uproar at Preston Lecture on Disestablishment
The Rev. J M Dougall of Darwen spoke at the Corn Exchange Preston on April 24 under Liberation Society auspices. The gathering, moved to a large area to ease entrance, faced disruptions by Church Defence supporters, with a trial of open access amid serious uproar and contested free speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Leicestershire
Reed
Church Defence Association
Kilworth
G. Baines
Woodward
Kibworth
Hinckley
Lang
Market Harston
J. Nunneley
Corn Exchange
Mr. Phillips
Merton Mowsray
Ius
Temperance Hall
Hipwood
Society
Wesleyan School
J. Hunt
Coalville
Preston
J. M‘dougall
Darwen
James Clough
H. J.martyn
W. R. Sunnan
H. Dunn
E. Walters
W.’ Walters
Messra. Furness
Toulmin
W. Hulme
J. Marshall
Joseph Toulmin
Thorp
Bowker
R. Cooper
P. Walmsley
W. H. Thompson
W. Blackburn
E. Edelston
R. Furness
Uttley
W. Addie
Moore
Lee
Ormerod
Richardson
Turper
Redmayne
The
Preston Guardian
Liberation Society
Church Defence Party
J. McDougall
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