Collection GB 0074 A/LIB - LIBERATION SOCIETY

12.8 linear metres

GB 0074 A/LIB 1554-1956 Collection 12.8 linear metres British Anti-State Church Association , 1844-1853
Society for the Liberation of Religion from State-Patronage and Control x Liberation Society

The Congregational minister Edward Miall was a campaigner for the disestablishment of the Church of England, that is, the withdrawl of special state patronage and control from the church. In 1844 he organised a national dissenting convention for like-minded individuals, as a result of which the British Anti-State Church Association was founded. The Association urged the withdrawal of all state support for religion, believing that it was wrong for the church to be controlled by outside influences and for politics to influence spiritual worship. They also protested against church rates, discrimination against non-church members and the legal disabilities faced by non-conformists.

In 1853 the Association changed its name to the Society for the Liberation of Religion from State-Patronage and Control, which was usually shortened to the Liberation Society. The Society was politically active and tried to infuence the selection of Parliamentary candidates who shared their opinions. Miall himself was elected to Parliament and several times from 1871 onwards proposed English disestablishment, with no success. Although the Liberation Society did not achieve its goals, they contributed to the dismantling of some of the legal challenges facing non-conformists.

In 1888 the education sub-committee of the Liberation Society, which protested against church involvement in education, became the National Education Association.

Deposited in the London County Record Office on 14 April 1959 and 13 October 1960.

Records of the British Anti-State Church Association, later known as the Society for the Liberation of Religion from State-Patronage and Control or the Liberation Society. Records include minutes of the Executive Committee and the Parliamentary Committee; reports and memoranda; annual reports; lists of members, officers and executive; correspondence relating to legacies; financial records; leases for offices; legal opinions; papers relating to burial grounds; copies of relevant Acts of Parliament; printed material such as publications, magazines, addresses, circulars and pamphlets; photographs; and press cuttings.

A/LIB-1: Administration; A/LIB-2: Finance; A/LIB-3: Related Documentation; A/LIB-4: Parliamentary.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

See A/NEA for the National Education Association, which formed the education sub-committee of the Liberation Society.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

June to August 2010. Political activists Religious activities Religious reform Disestablishment Government Government policy Religious institutions Church Church and State Ecclesiastical taxation Religious groups Religious dissenters Organizations Associations Societies Political societies Groups Campaign groups Internal politics Political campaigns Educational policy Church and education Religions Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Anglicanism Church of England Information sources Campaign literature Documents Political sociology Political participation Political behaviour People People by roles Dissenters Miall , Edward , 1809-1881 , politician , journalist , and Congregational minister British Anti-State Church Association , 1844-1853 Society for the Liberation of Religion from State-Patronage and Control x Liberation Society National Education Association , 1888-1959 England UK Western Europe Europe Catholicism

Deposited in the London County Record Office on 14 April 1959 and 13 October 1960.

Records of the British Anti-State Church Association, later known as the Society for the Liberation of Religion from State-Patronage and Control or the Liberation Society. Records include minutes of the Executive Committee and the Parliamentary Committee; reports and memoranda; annual reports; lists of members, officers and executive; correspondence relating to legacies; financial records; leases for offices; legal opinions; papers relating to burial grounds; copies of relevant Acts of Parliament; printed material such as publications, magazines, addresses, circulars and pamphlets; photographs; and press cuttings.

A/LIB-1: Administration; A/LIB-2: Finance; A/LIB-3: Related Documentation; A/LIB-4: Parliamentary.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

• English

• Latin

English

See A/NEA for the National Education Association, which formed the education sub-committee of the Liberation Society.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English