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©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.3km<br/>
©Alexander P Kapp
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©Alexander P Kapp
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©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.3km<br/>Where Hugh Bourne is buried
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.3km<br/>Hugh Bourne was born in Fordhays near Stoke in 1772 and worked as a carpenter but was also a Methodist lay-preacher. He developed a reputation as a zealous preacher but the leadership of the Methodists did not always agree with his radical ideas. When Bourne refused to accept the leadership's ban on camp meetings in 1808, he was expelled from the movement.Bourne and his 200 or so followers became known as Primitive Methodists. Bourne adopted the name from a statement that had been made by John Wesley in 1790: "I still remain a primitive Methodist." Bourne built his first Primitive Methodist Chapel in Tunstall in 1811. By 1842 membership had increased to nearly 80,000 with 500 travelling evangelists and more than 1,200 chapels. Bourne also worked as a missionary in Scotland, Ireland and the USA, he died in 1852.
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.4km<br/>No ordinary chapel, this is "the birthplace of Primitive Methodism". For more information, see http://www.engleseabrook-museum.org.uk/. (By the way, the odd spelling/punctuation of the village name is correct.)
©Adrian Bailey
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©Adrian Bailey
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©Adrian Bailey
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©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.7km<br/>On the right Primrose Cottage and on the left Sycamore Cottage
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:1.0km<br/>The building is part of the Pear Tree Lake Farm equestrian centre.
©Steve Lewin
Dist:1.1km southwest<br/>Junction of Englesea Brook Lane, Post Office Lane with the B5500
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:1.1km north<br/>
©Colin Pyle
Dist:1.1km west<br/>
©Steve Lewin

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