ABSTRACT
Church and chapel membership was still rising at the beginning of the twentieth century; but growth was not universal, and it was now heavily dependent upon recruitment of the children of existing members: 1
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Church of England in England |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Easter-Day Communicants |
Churches |
Clergy |
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|
1901 |
1,945,000 |
17,368 |
23,670 |
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|
1911 |
2,293,000 |
— |
23,193 |
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|
Methodist membership in England |
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|
Westleyan |
Primitive |
New Connexion |
Bible Christian |
United |
Total |
|
|
1901 |
412,194 |
187,260 |
32,324 |
28,315 |
72,568 |
732,661 |
|
1906 |
447,474 |
203,103 |
37,701 |
32,317 |
80,323 |
800,234 |
|
United Methodist |
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|
1914 |
432,370 |
202,420 |
143,096 |
777,886 |
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Congregational and Baptist membership in England |
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|
Congregational |
Baptist Union |
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|
1900 |
257,435 |
239,114 |
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|
1914 |
289,545 |
264,923 |
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Roman Catholics in England and Wales |
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Estimated Catholic population |
Churches |
Priests |
Mass attenders |
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|
1901 |
— |
1,536 |
3,298 |
— |
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|
1913 |
1,793,038 |
1,845 |
3,650 |
960,000 |
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