answers: the 16th century
context: being called Mother's Day, although that name properly belongs to the American holiday which is quite distinct from the original Mothering Sunday. In the UK and the Republic of Ireland, Mothering Sunday is celebrated in a similar way as Mother's Day is celebrated in the USA. During the 16th century, people returned to their mother church for a service to be held on Laetare Sunday; in this context, one's 'mother church' was either the church where one was baptised, or the local parish church, or the nearest cathedral (the latter being the mother church of all the parish churches in </s> Daughter" was first issued in tract form in 1814 by the Religious Tract Society and in the same year by the New England Tract Society in Boston. The National Society in 1825 published it as Tract No. 9, and circulated at least half a million copies of this narrative, as the chief agency for its distribution in America. In 1828, 14 years after its first publication, its circulation exceeded four million copies in 19 languages, and the number of conversions from its perusal were estimated in the thousands. Its popularity increased for several decades and it is estimated that over </s> Its breastfeeding counsellors and peer supporters support mums with feeding entirely free of charge. Its online information centre and national support line provide information to over five million parents each year. The National Childbirth Trust, originally called The Natural Childbirth Trust, was founded in 1956 as the result of an advertisement placed in "The Times" by Prunella Briance. Briance suffered two traumatic childbirth experiences and set about changing the situation for other women, so that they should be more humanely treated during pregnancy and labour. Briance was inspired by the writings of British obstetrician Grantly Dick-Read, who is regarded by
question: when did mothering sunday start in the uk