- met in the
vestry or
sacristy of the
parish church, and
consequently became known colloquially as the "
vestry". At
their height, the
vestries were the only...
- A bill for the
better regulating of
Select Vestries,
usually referred to as the
Select Vestries Bill, is
customarily the
first bill
introduced and debated...
-
parish administration was in the
hands of a
select vestry until the
parish adopted the
Vestries Act 1831. The
vestry was
reformed again in 1855 by the Metropolis...
- administration,
known as a
select vestry, was
dominated by
members of the
British nobility until the
parish adopted the
Vestries Act 1831. The
vestry was
reformed again...
-
positions are ex
officio members of the
parish board,
usually called a
vestry,
parochial church council, or in the case of a
Cathedral parish the chapter...
- (parish).
Where locally approved it
replaced the
select vestry (the
local government where not an open
vestry and
which was in most
cases a
narrow oligarchy)...
-
Initially controlled by a
select vestry, the
parish was
governed by an open
vestry of all
inhabitants until 1855, when the
vestry was su****ded for most...
-
comprise the
general vestry,
which meets annually,
within 20 days each side of Easter, as the
Easter Vestry.
There is also a
select vestry for the parish,...
- James's
Palace was an extra-parochial area and not part of any parish. A
select vestry was
created for the new parish. For
elections to
Westminster City Council...
- the
chapelry developed its own
independent vestry. From 1822 an
annual election was held for a
select vestry responsible only for poor law management....
