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‘A person in black . . ., sent to you from afar ’ : The Evangelical clergy’s awakening of the
flock in rural Norfolk 1773-1813
by MARGARET BIRD
Revd Charles Simeon
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parish grid byPhillip Judge 1993
King’s Lynn
Norfolk: Parish density and market towns
NorwichGreatYarmouth
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parish grid byPhillip Judge 1993;chart by MB 2009
Norwich
King’s Lynn
GreatYarmouth
Norfolk: Bishop’s confirmation centres and Wesleyan circuit towns 1813
1776
1793
1797
1790
pre-174
9
1813
1785181
3
with date of foundation
1812
1785
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The diarist Mary Hardy
1733-1809
by Huguier 1785
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The diarist Mary Hardy 1733-1809
by Huguier 1785
by Immanuel 1798
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MARTHAM OLD V ICARAGE (2006)
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COLT ISHALL CHURCH (2006)
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LETHER INGSETT
CHURCH (1991)
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HORSTEAD CHURCH Interior before restoration of 1879by Rose Ellen Thackeray
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WALSINGHAM CHAPEL (2002)built 1793, as mother church of Wesleyans’ new circuit
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OCTAGON CHAPEL , Norwich (1848), built 1756 for Presbyterians
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Selina, Countess of Huntingdon 1707-91
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TREVECCA COLLEGE, S . WALES ( 2001)
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North Norfolk missionary endeavour Meetings of Thomas Mendham (d.1793),one of Lady Huntingdon’s ministers 1773-93
parish grid by Phillip Judge 1993;chart by MB 2009
Wells
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WESLEYAN PREACHING PLAN Norwich Circuit 1810-11
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North Norfolk missionary endeavour Meetings of one of Lady Huntingdon’s ministers 1773-93
Wesleyan Methodist meeting in Walsingham Circuit 1799
Mother church of Walsingham Circuit built 1793
parish grid by Phillip Judge 1993;chart by MB 2009
Wells
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North Norfolk missionary endeavour Meetings of one of Lady Huntingdon’s ministers 1773-93
Wesleyan Methodist meeting in Walsingham Circuit 1799
Anglican Evangelical preachers heard by Mary Hardy
1799-1808
parish grid by Phillip Judge 1993;chart by MB 2009
Wells
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Charles Simeon 1759-1836 by August Edouart 1828
‘The gay old cushion-thumper’
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‘A person in black . . ., sent to you from afar ’ : The Evangelical clergy’s awakening of the
flock in rural Norfolk 1773-1813
by MARGARET BIRD
Revd Charles Simeon
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Ordinations in the Norwich diocese 1754-59 and 1784-89, showing the ordinands’ universities as percentages source: NRO: DN/ORR 3/1, 3/2%
100
80
60
40
20
0Cambridge Caius College Oxford ScottishNon-University Cambridge University UniversitiesGraduates(incl. Caius Coll.)
1st bar in group = 1754-59 (196 candidates)2nd bar = 1784-89 (251 candidates)
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Mark Wilks 1748-1819
Two of Lady Huntingdon’s preachers
Thomas Mendham d.1793