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St. Albans Diocessan Board of Finance - Selling ag land from under Tenant (fbt)
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<blockquote data-quote="Bongodog" data-source="post: 8087068" data-attributes="member: 1343"><p>Historically each Church was financed via its Glebe land, the vicar took the rental income from the gelbe land as his salary (stipend in eccelsiastical terms). The rental from a few acres was sufficient for a vicar to have a high standard of living, influence was used to gain the living of parishes with a good income. As land rental values dropped the systemt had to change and the result was that the Church commissioners took hold of all the land in exchange for providing assisatnce to pay clergy stipends. They have long since stopped contributing towards clergy wages, but I believe they may still make a contribution towards pensions. </p><p> They are sitting on vast amounts of land and seek development permission at every opportunity, if successful they never allow any of the proceeds to filter back to the parish that originally owned the land.</p><p>They recently sold off about 8 acres in our village for housing, when the Parish Council was asked for a suggestion for a road name for the development, one of our cllrs who is also a church member put forward the suggestion "Bishops Greed", unfortunately the district council wouldn't accept this and it is now Glebe Field.</p><p></p><p>As regards the distribution of clergy, city parishes are overflowing with full time ministers, retired ministers, volunteer ministers etc, meanwhile out in the Country vicars with 4 or 5 parishes can't fid any help at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bongodog, post: 8087068, member: 1343"] Historically each Church was financed via its Glebe land, the vicar took the rental income from the gelbe land as his salary (stipend in eccelsiastical terms). The rental from a few acres was sufficient for a vicar to have a high standard of living, influence was used to gain the living of parishes with a good income. As land rental values dropped the systemt had to change and the result was that the Church commissioners took hold of all the land in exchange for providing assisatnce to pay clergy stipends. They have long since stopped contributing towards clergy wages, but I believe they may still make a contribution towards pensions. They are sitting on vast amounts of land and seek development permission at every opportunity, if successful they never allow any of the proceeds to filter back to the parish that originally owned the land. They recently sold off about 8 acres in our village for housing, when the Parish Council was asked for a suggestion for a road name for the development, one of our cllrs who is also a church member put forward the suggestion "Bishops Greed", unfortunately the district council wouldn't accept this and it is now Glebe Field. As regards the distribution of clergy, city parishes are overflowing with full time ministers, retired ministers, volunteer ministers etc, meanwhile out in the Country vicars with 4 or 5 parishes can't fid any help at all. [/QUOTE]
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