met in the vestry or sacristy of the parish church, and consequently became known colloquially as the "vestry". At their height, the vestries were the only...

The Clerkenwell Vestry was the vestry of Clerkenwell from c.16th century until 1900. The vestry had growing secular authority over the parish with the...

Vestry is a restaurant in New York City. The restaurant has a seafood-based menu and has received a Michelin star. Food portal List of Michelin starred...

The Hammersmith Vestry was the vestry of Hammersmith from c.1631 to 1900. The vestry was established following the building of a chapel of ease for the...

The Vestries Act 1831 (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 60), commonly known as Hobhouse's Vestry Act (named after the Whig frontbencher Sir John Hobhouse, later created...

A sacristy, also known as a vestry or preparation room, is a room in Christian churches for the keeping of vestments (such as the alb and chasuble) and...

The Vestries Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 57), "An Act to prevent the holding of Vestry or other Meetings in Churches, and for regulating the Appointment...

The Kensington Vestry Hall is a former municipal building on Kensington High Street in Kensington, London, England. The structure, which was built for...

St. John's Vestry Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School is a school located in Tiruchirappalli (also known as Trichy), Tamil Nadu, India. It is missioned...

played in the bands Ironhorse, Obsession, Twenty 4 Seven, and Marcello-Vestry. In late 2009 he was also a stand-in guitarist in the 1980s band House of...

70 Vestry is a thirteen-story residential building in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, in New York City. The building was designed by the New Classical...

A bill for the better regulating of Select Vestries, usually referred to as the Select Vestries Bill, is customarily the first bill introduced and debated...

Woolwich Saint Mary. Until 1842, when the Old Town Hall was built, the vestry met in a room in the parish church of St Mary Magdalene. Woolwich became...

Rotherhithe (/ˈrɒðərhaɪð/ RODH-ər-hydhe) is a district of South London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is on a peninsula on the...

administration was in the hands of a select vestry until the parish adopted the Vestries Act 1831. The vestry was reformed again in 1855 by the Metropolis...

borough in 1900, following the London Government Act 1899, with the parish vestry replaced by a borough council. The ancient parish was divided into the six...

ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, governed by an administrative vestry. The parish was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan...

known as a select vestry, was dominated by members of the British nobility until the parish adopted the Vestries Act 1831. The vestry was reformed again...

ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, governed by an administrative vestry. The parish was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan...

The St Luke's Vestry was the vestry of St Luke's, an urbanised parish north of the City of London, from 1733 until 1900. The vestry had growing secular...

carved out between 1645 and 1724 to create new parishes: In 1855, the parish vestry became a local authority within the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan...

1733. The lease expired in 1782. A local act in 1782 enabled the St Luke's Vestry to build the new workhouse and offices just over the boundary in the parish...

St. George's Parish Vestry House, also known as Spesutia Vestry House, is a historic Episcopal vestry house located at Perryman, Harford County, Maryland...

Plumstead is an area in southeast London, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich, England. It is located east of Woolwich. Plumstead has been settled since...

Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855 the vestry of Mile End Old Town became an electing authority. The vestry hall was located on Bancroft Road. The parish...

St Mary Islington operated as an open vestry. It was added to the bills of mortality area in 1636. The vestry was incorporated by the Metropolis Management...

incorporated into the Metropolitan Board of Works area in 1855, retaining a parish vestry, and then became part of the County of London in 1889. Its area was that...

the Census, which excludes Kensal New Town before 1901, was: Kensington Vestry 1801–1899 Metropolitan Borough 1900–1961 Under the Metropolis Management...

Mitcham Vestry Hall is a municipal building in London Road, Mitcham, London. It is a locally listed building. The building was commissioned as a vestry hall...

station was Sloane Square. The population recorded in the Census was: Chelsea Vestry 1801–1899 Metropolitan Borough 1900–1961 The borough was granted a coat...