Clergy Clashes over Burial Law Reform and Churchyard Monopoly
The article traces a select committee’s stern safeguards surpassing the Trish Act and the bitter clash over churchyard monopolies. It notes Morgan and allies conceding little, clergy resistance persisting, and the laity favoring common burial rites between sects. It questions whether Anglican clergy will accept reforms modeled on the Irish Act and highlights broader calls for secular equality to curb sectarian intolerance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
House of Commons
Kitson
Times
House
of Commons
Church of Fingland
Ledimy
Ecclesiastical strife over church rates and burials law
Old church rate disputes foreshadow enforcement battles as Halifax vicarage rates face court scrutiny. A pair of Halifax residents sue for damages over seized property while a large anti vicar rate meeting raises funds to repeal the Vicars Rate Act. Clerical tensions widen with burials and tax-collection clashes tied to nonconformists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Halifax
Samuel Lomas
Edwin Robinson
Siddal
Counrt
Mechanics’ Hall
Halifax Courier
Raikes
House of Commons
Chester
Mhis
Knatchbull-Hugessen
Deal
Hugessen
John Bull
Gorstwell
National Society
London
St. James’s Hall
Archbishop of Canterbury
St. James's Hall
Times
Maskonochie
George Bowyer
Disestablishment Debate Crowds Liverpool Hope Hall
A large October meeting at Hope Hall Liverpool featured Mr Dale and Rev J G Rogers arguing for disestablishment of the Church of England. W S Caine chaired a lively session with ministers and Liberal laymen, interruptions noted, and calls for religious equality within a framework of Christian unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Hall
Liverpool
Dale
Birmingham
J. G. Rogers
London
W. S. Caine
Liberal Party
Liberation Society
Church of England
Liverpool Courier
Ormskirk
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Sussex
Fishergate
Shoreham
Brighton
John Taylor
John Goring
Wiston
Taylor
Goring
Christian Church
Owstone Ferry
Steyning
Pety
George the Third
Bournemouth
London University
Admiralty
Home Office
Messrs
Rogers
Bradford
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