Victorian Diamond Jubilee Book Of Common Prayer - 1897 - Antique Theology Book

Victorian Diamond Jubilee Book Of Common Prayer - 1897 - Antique Theology BookThe Victorian Diamond Jubilee Book Of Common Prayer Of The Church Of EnglandPublished by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons: London 1897Printed In An Easy Reporting Style Of Pitman's ShorthandGeneral wear and rubbing to cover and spine as shown. Pages are clean and well presented with minimal light foxing to prelims. There are no loose pages. Good condition overall. Please study photos to understand condition. Happy to provide more photos on request.Size 19cm x 13.5cm x 2.5cm

1856 The Clergy List For 1856 Antique Religious History Book Christianity

The Clergy List For 1856 (England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland)

Published by C. Cox: London 1856 (unpaginated - makes up vast majority of book)

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Church Building Society Report For Year Ending 31 March 1855

Printed by Richard Clay: London 1855 24 Pages

"The Clergy List for 1856 (England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland), published by C. Cox in London, is an extensive directory cataloguing the ordained clergy of the Church of England and its associated branches across the British Isles. It provides an alphabetical and diocesan listing of rectors, vicars, curates, and other ecclesiastical officials, detailing their parishes, livings, benefices, and sometimes educational or ordination backgrounds. The work functions as an essential mid-Victorian ecclesiastical register, illustrating the scale and organisation of Anglican clerical life immediately prior to the major religious reforms of the later nineteenth century. Its unpaginated format underscores its role as a reference volume meant for institutional, diocesan, and genealogical consultation rather than general reading.

The Church Building Society Report for the Year Ending 31 March 1855, printed by Richard Clay of London, is a concise 24-page publication outlining the Society's financial accounts, grant distributions, and completed projects for that year. It records the establishment, enlargement, or restoration of Anglican churches across urban and rural England, often noting the number of additional sittings provided for parishioners—particularly the poor. The report highlights the Society's moral and architectural mission during a period of rapid population growth and industrialisation, reflecting the mid-Victorian drive to expand church accommodation and religious influence. Both works appeal strongly to ecclesiastical historians, genealogists, and collectors of early Anglican institutional records."

General wear and fading with a few white spots to covers and spine as shown. Interesting annotations present. Pages are clean and well presented with no foxing. Front cover a little wobbly but the binding is secure and there are no loose pages. Good to very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.