Islington Church Act 1750


The 24 Geo 2 c 15 is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Purpose of the Act

According to its long title, the purpose of the Islington Church Act of 1750 was to enable the Parishioners of the Parish of Saint Mary, Islington, in the County
of Middlesex, to rebuild the Church of the said Parish.
The church of St Mary the Virgin is situated in Upper Street, Islington. A church has stood on this site since the twelfth century. The original church was re-built in 1483, 1754 and finally in 1956.
The preamble to the 1750 Act recorded that the whole of the church "is now in a very ruinous Condition".

Provisions

The 1750 Act provided as follows-
In 2011, The Law Commission consulted on its proposal to repeal the Act, stating that, "The 1750 Act no longer serves any useful purpose. It was passed to facilitate the re-building of St Mary’s Church, Islington. That objective was achieved in 1754 when the building works were completed and the new church was opened. The provisions in the Act for raising local rates ended when the final annuity secured by the rates had come to an end. That would have been no later than 1790 or thereabouts. The 1750 Act is accordingly obsolete and its repeal is proposed on that basis."