| Short Title: | Vestries Act 1850 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to prevent the holding of Vestry or other Meetings in Churches, and for regulating the Appointment of Vestry Clerks. |
| Year: | 1850 |
| Citation: | 13 & 14 Vict. c. 57 |
| Amendments: | Statute Law Revision Act 1875 |
| Status: | Repealed |
The Vestries Act 1850[1] (13 & 14 Vict. c. 57), "An Act to prevent the holding of Vestry or other Meetings in Churches, and for regulating the Appointment of Vestry Clerks", was legislation to regulate the local government of parishes in England and Wales.
The vestry of a parish could resolve to request the Poor Law Board (later updated to Local Government Board) to order provision of suitable accommodation within a year of the order so that vestry meetings could take place outside of the parish church.[2] A paid vestry clerk could be appointed using a similar mechanism.
The act was repealed by the London Government Order 1965, made pursuant to the London Government Act 1963.[3]