Where Wesley spoke to all
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Where Wesley spoke to all
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 23 Feb 2021
The origin of the Methodist movement is marked here on Hanham Mount. In 1739 John Wesley, along with the likes of George Whitfield and John Cennick the Moravian, held open-air services. The movement was disregarded by the establishment and prevented much of their work, particularly building a church. So Wesley preached in the open air to the many attendees, who were mainly from the coal-mining areas of Kingswood (then a separate region from Bristol). This site is given over to a memorial, which includes this space where a pulpit once stood. Here Wesley would give a sermon on The Mount.
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