List of Clergy Imprisoned
- the Revd Sidney Faithorn Green, Rector of St John's, Miles Platting, Manchester, 1881–82
- the Revd T. Pelham Dale, Rector of St Vedast Foster Lane, in the City of London, 1880
- the Revd Richard William Enraght, Rector of Holy Trinity, Bordesley, West Midlands, 1880
- the Revd James Bell Cox, Vicar of St Margaret's, Liverpool
- the Revd Arthur Tooth, Vicar of St James's, Hatcham, 1877
Prosecutions ended when a Royal Commission in 1906 recognised the legitimacy of pluralism in worship, but the Act remained in force for 91 years until it was finally repealed on 1 March 1965 through the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measures of 1963 (No. 1).
Read more about this topic: Public Worship Regulation Act 1874
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