THE LAW RELATING TO PROTESTANT NONCONFORMISTS AND THEIR PLACES OF WORSHIP BEING A LEGAL HANDBOOK FOR NONCONFORMISTS. BY REGINALD WINSLOW, M.A., LL.B., OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, Author of "The Law of Private Arrangements between Debtors and Creditors." LONDON: STEVENS AND SONS, 119, CHANCERY LANE, Law Publishers and Booksellers. PREFACE. IN the following pages I have collected the statutes and decisions which at the present time affect the position and rights of Nonconformists, and especially such as relate to the establishment and management of Places of Worship, and I trust that the whole will form a convenient legal handbook for Nonconformists. In view of the magnitude of the Nonconformist population it is a matter of surprise that no treatise has previously appeared dealing with these different subjects. The want of some such work has been felt by many, who, when questions have arisen, have not known where to look for the information they required, or have had to search through |