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A History of the County of Lancaster
… town relate to the opposition to Methodism about 1748. 185 Wesley wrote in 1752: 'There have been no tumults since Mr. … The first chapel was built in Colne Lane in 1777, and Wesley preached there soon after it was opened. 188 A famous … to the mob, for which he was denounced both by John Wesley (as below) and Grimshaw of Haworth; ibid. 15663. For …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a mission hall. The Wesleyan Methodists have five churches Wesley, in Church Street, Moses Gate, Long Causeway, Plodder …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… great street of Garstang at a rent of 2 s. 6 d. 34 John Wesley visited Garstang in 1765 and 1770, but the Wesleyan …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Methodist congregation was formed about 1742, but John Wesley, on his first visits in 1748 and 1749, met with a … 85 Soon after this there broke out the dispute between Wesley and Whitefield as to Calvinism; the congregation … and the few Wesleyans proper kept up a meeting, and Wesley himself several times visited the town. The chapel in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… for it in 1908. The vicarage is in the gift of trustees. Wesley is said to have preached at Great Harwood once in a …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… service. A Methodist Society was founded here by John Wesley, who preached in the place in 1759 and 1761. Early …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and 1908. Methodism was early introduced into the town. Wesley was able to preach here in 1733, the Rev. John … a room near Blackfriars Bridge being used for meetings; Wesley preached at the market cross. A chapel was built in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in the gift of the vicar of Blackburn. The followers of Wesley first held services during the latter part of the 18th …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… at Heap Barn, near Bacup, and Miller's Barn, Waterfoot. Wesley preached in Rossendale in 1747. At Waterfoot a society … By 1766 a meeting-place had been secured at Newchurch, for Wesley preached there in that year. 75 The Wesleyan … chapel of the Methodists was opened before 1761, when Wesley preached there to an overflowing congregation; he …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… is supposed to have originated here in visits paid by Wesley in 1765 and 1770 to North Meols; but the first regular … Street were used in 1811, and these were succeeded by Wesley Chapel in 1824. In 1847 this was replaced by a new …