An old engraving of rioters at St James Church, Hatcham, SE London, England, UK c. 1876. It is from a Victorian history book of It was the scene of bitter religious controversy, due to the vicar Reverend Arthur Tooth (1839–1931). Tooth was an Anglo-Catholic within the Church of England. He ignored the Public Worship Regulation Act, designed to stamp out Roman Catholic ‘ritualism’. Protestant mobs rioted at the Church on Sundays in 1876–7, smashing windows and storming the doors. Tooth ignored a Court order to stop his practices and jailed for several weeks for contempt of Court.
An old engraving of rioters at St James Church, Hatcham, in south east London, England, UK c. 1876. It is from a Victorian history book of In the 1870s St James Church, Hatcham, was the scene of bitter religious controversy, at the centre of which was the Reverend Arthur Tooth (1839–1931) appointed vicar in 1868. Tooth was on the Anglo-Catholic wing of the Church of England, and among other innovations at St James he founded a Community of Sisters, an orphanage and a Lady Chapel. With others at St James, he founded the Guild of All Souls, a body which exists to this day. Tooth fell foul of the Public Worship Regulation Act, designed to stamp out Roman Catholic ‘ritualism’ in the Church. In 1876 he was formally notified of intended prosecution under the Act, Protestant mobs rioted regularly at the Church on Sundays between Christmas 1876 and January 21 1877, smashing windows and storming the doors. Tooth ignored a Court order to stop his Catholic practices and the day after the final riot, he was arrested in Borough High Street, and jailed for several weeks for contempt of Court.
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Location: Hatcham, SE London, England, UK
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