Since the Middle Ages sturdy husbandmen have grumbled at the tithes which thousands of them still have to pay to the Church of England. Last week 200,000 farmers, mostly in the southern counties, ...

FARMERS are not usually known for uprisings and revolts although there have been some examples of this in the past year. However, farmers and landowners protests are not a new concept with almost 20 ...

“The coin of empire is always bought dear” was an expression that emerged from the great Irish Tithe War of the 1830s, when the British taxed the Catholic Irish to support the Church of England. After ...

War in 1830s Tipperary: A protest by a Newport man against the payment of tithes to the clergy of the Established Church/Church of Ireland at a Borrisokane Tithe Sale in 1832, and great political anti ...

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It’s braved crises of every description over the last 100 years – and is currently battling through the latest as the cororavirus lockdown hits every aspect of British life. The Suffolk branch of the ...