Licensing for divine service

This material is held atBorthwick Institute for Archives, University of York

  • Reference
    • GB 193 LDS
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1819-[ongoing]
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • c4 boxes. Papers

Scope and Content

Licences for divine service in mission chapels, school rooms etc. in outlying areas of parishes & during the restoration or repair of the parish church. Petitions, copies of licences, correspondence 1819-2000 [LDS].

Administrative / Biographical History

The archbishop or bishop must make provision for public worship in parishes where the parish church is closed due to restoration and/or repair by licensing a building or parts of a building for divine service.

Other Finding Aids

A hard copy finding aid is available for licences for divine service in mission chapels, school rooms etc. in outlying areas of parishes [LDS]. Listed chronologically with place name index.