Vestry
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A vestry was a committee for the local secular and ecclesiastical government of a parish in England, Wales and some English colonies. At their height, the vestries were the only form of local governme
St. George's Parish Vestry House built in 1766 at Perryman, Maryland
Notice dated April 1843 (which would have been pinned to the church door) calling a meeting of the select vestry of the parish of St Bees, for rating and assessing property in the parish to raise money for the repair of the church and the provision of ornaments and other necessary goods for the coming year. It is signed by the Rev R P Buddicom, vicar of St Bees, and three of the four churchwardens
Parish chest in St Mary's Church, Kempley, Gloucestershire.
Satirical cartoon of the select vestry of St. Paul's, Covent Garden. Thomas Jones 1828
Churchwarden
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A churchwarden is a lay official in a parish or congregation of the Anglican Communion, Lutheran Churches or Catholic Church, usually working as a part-time volunteer. In the Anglican tradition, holde
A beadle, carrying his staff; behind him two churchwardens
