Act of Parliament | |
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Long title | An Act to make better Provision for the Union of contiguous Benefices in Cities, Towns, and Boroughs. |
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Citation | 23 & 24 Vict. c. 142 |
Territorial extent | Dioceses of London and Winchester |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 28 August 1860 |
Commencement | 28 August 1860 |
Repealed | 1974 |
Other legislation | |
Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1875 |
Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 |
Status: Repealed | |
Text of statute as originally enacted |
The Union of Benefices Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 142) was legislation which prevented the need for other acts [2] if following its prescribed three-stage scheme. It enabled reduction of the number of parish churches and vicars/rectors in London's "Metropolis", as defined by a narrower Act five years before. It instead allowed commissions to recommend dissolution to various parties, which would then be a formality agreed by Order-in-Council.
It was chiefly used for the City of London, [3] as its residential population declined in favour of commercial land use [4] in the second half of the 19th century. [5]
As churchyards were emptied for buildings such as the new railway stations and roads, many remains were exhumed and re-interred in the City of London Cemetery.
Union of Benefices Act 1898 | |
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Act of Parliament | |
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Long title | An Act to amend the Union of Benefices Act, 1860. |
Citation | 61 & 62 Vict. c. 23 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 25 July 1898 |
Other legislation | |
Amends | Union of Benefices Act 1860 |
Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 |
Status: Repealed |
This act was extended by the Union of Benefices Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 23) This simply stated any such scheme "may be made if it provides for the erection of another church or parsonage for a benefice in the vicinity of the metropolis" [including] "any benefice within or partly within the Metropolitan Police District".