London Diocese Act 1863
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
(26 & 27 Vict.) C A P. XXXVI.
[29th June 1863]
'WHEREAS by an Act of the Session of the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of Hislate Majesty KingWilliam the Fourth, Chapter Seventy-seven, and by a certain Order in Council issued under the Authority of that Act, the Limits of the Sees of Canterbury, London, Winchester , and Rochester were newly arranged, and by such Arrangement it was amongst other things provided—
Firstly, That the Borough ofSouthwark , and the Parishes of Battersea, Bermondsey, Camberwell, Christchurch, Clapham, Lambeth, Rotherhithe, Streatham, Tooting, Graveney, Wandsworth, Merton, Kew , and Richmond , in the County of Surrey , all then in the Diocese of Winchester (which Parishes are herein-after referred to as the first-named Parishes), should on the next Avoidance of the See of Winchester (which Avoidance has not yet happened) be added to and form Part of the See of London :
Secondly, That the Parishes ofBarking, East Ham, West Ham, Little Ilford, Low Layton, Walthamstow, Wanstead, Saint Mary Woodford , and Chingford , in the County of Essex (which Parishes are herein-after referred to as the second-named Parishes), should continue to form Part of the Diocese of London :
Thirdly, That the Parishes ofCharlton, Lee, Lewisham, Greenwich, Woolwich, Eltham, Plumstead , and Saint Nicholas Deptford , in the County of Kent , and of St. Paul Deptford , in the Counties of Kent and Surrey , all then in the Diocese of Rochester (which Parishes are herein-after referred to as the third-named Parishes), should on the next Avoidance of the See of Rochester (which Avoidance has since happened) be added to and form Part of the See of London :
And whereas by reason of the great Increase which since the passing of the said Act had taken place in Parts of the said Sees, and of other Circumstances, it seemed good to Her Majesty, on the Eighth Day ofApril One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, to issue a Commission to certain Persons therein-named, directing them to consider the State of the several Dioceses of Canterbury, London, Winchester , and Rochester , as now or thereafter to be constituted by or under the Provisions of the said Act and Orders in Council, with special...
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