Wednesbury people and others

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Wednesbury people and others by John M as part of the Geograph project.

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Wednesbury people and others

Image: © John M Taken: 28 Jun 2008

The others are John Wesley and the highwayman Dick Turpin who stopped in the town on his way to York. Wednesbury is noted for the fierce riots that erupted in the town for six months in 1743 against the preachings of John Wesley. This artwork is on the new Morrisons store.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.550774
Longitude
-2.021783