Vestries Act 1831
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vestries-act-1831-271-3621971
title:
Vestries Act 1831
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The Vestries Act 1831, commonly known as Hobhouse's Vestry Act, was an Act of Parliament in 1831 and was a local government overhaul which also affected the Established Church at a local level. The act gave subsidiarity in that local ratepayers would have to agree by a special majority for the reform to take effect in their local area (parish). Where locally approved it replaced the select vestry with a non-co-opted system of vestrymen to be instead elected by ratepayers who had been resident in
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United Kingdom legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestries_Act_1831
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2023-12-11T15:39:31Z
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