Petition to House of Lords (1846)

Post date: Apr 08, 2012 5:29:38 PM

Wateringbury petitioned against Roman Catholics to the House of Lords in 1827 . In 1846 Wateringbury was at it again although the object of the petition somewhat obscure from the point of view of the village's interests. There was also a different vicar, Henry Stevens, in the job from 1840 until 1877. The London Standard of 15th May 1846 reported as follows:

Earl of POWIS presented petitions against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor, and for the immediate appointment of a Bishop of Manchester, from ....[long list].... the parish of Teston, in the county of Kent, also Nettlestead, Wateringbury, and Barming.

Manchester got its new diocese in 1847 and Bangor and St Asalph did not merge. Very recently, March 2012, St Asalph had its secular city status restored to it.