Identity area
Reference code
JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/5/4/9
Title
Petition about the pews
Date(s)
- 23rd December 1892 - 2nd May 1899 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
2 documents and 1 letter
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A petition signed by communicants and adult members of the congregation, explaining that the pews in the chance are unsatisfactory and seats and in their position with their backs towards the communion table. The whole church needs reseating: if the College with pay for the chancel pews, the parishioners will pay for the seating in the body of the church. With a covering letter signed by the Vicar and Churchwardens, and a letter from the Curate, R.H. Marsh, on the same subject, dated 1892.