Chronology: Date 1922-05-31

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1922 (Late May) 192-	The communities of London, Manchester and Bournemouth elected a Bahá'í Spiritual Assembly for England. [EJR213; SBR28, 67] This was also known as the Spiritual Assembly for London and the All-England Bahá'í Council. [EJR2 13; SBR67] See EJR213 and SBR28 for membership. The social centre of the London group was Ethel Rosenburg with Mrs Thornburgh-Cropper and later Lady Blomfield also playing significant roles. The group in Manchester came from the working- or lower middle-class background with Edward Hall and other men in leadership positions. The group in Bournemouth developed around Dr. Esslemont. In addition to these centres there were a few scattered isolated believers. [SBBH5p220]	Spiritual Assemblies; All-England Bahá'í Council; London, England; Manchester, England; Bournemouth, England; United Kingdom; Edward T. Hall; Mary Virginia Thornburgh-Cropper; Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield; Ethel Rosenberg; John Esslemont


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