Wesley Methodist Church, High Street, West Bromwich
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Wesley Methodist Church, High Street, West Bromwich
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 15 Apr 2023
The church building dates from 1974; see also Image It replaced a Wesley Chapel erected in 1835; see the Victoria County History of Staffordshire https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol17/pp61-70#h3-0014 . The striking cross in hand sculpture is by Chris Dunseath and is dedicated to John Wesley, the 18th century preacher and founder of the Methodist movement; he and his brother Charles, the hymn-writer, preached in West Bromwich from the early 1740s. The sculpture was erected in the High Street in 1989 and moved to its present site in 2013, as reported in the church newsletter http://wesleywestbrom.co.uk/resources/Spotlight+June+2013.pdf .
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Image Location
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52.519131
Longitude
-1.994946