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The Travelling Preacher by Geoffrey Milburn
 "Sunday 30 May: At seven in the morning I walked down to Sandgate . . . and standing at the end of the street with John Taylor, began to sing the hundredth psalm. Three or four people came out to see what was the matter, who soon increased to four or five hundred . . ."
So begins John Wesley's account of his first day's preaching in Newcastle, at the start of his preaching tours in North East England. Originally broadcast by BBC Radio Newcastle, the intention of The Travelling Preacher is to allow John Wesley, with his brother Charles and other early Methodists, to speak for themselves by using extracts from their own journals. The book provides a unique picture of the development of Methodism in the area.
ISBN 1 85852 236 6 Price £4.75 from bookshops.
Or by post from G.E.Milburn, 8 Ashbrooke Mount, Sunderland. SR2 7SD. Cheques for £5.50 , including postage and packing to: Wesley Historical Society North East Branch.
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Timothy Hackworth 1786-1850 by Geoffrey E. Milburn
 'He was a man of ingeneous and active mind: kind and liberal in his disposition; plain and unassuming in his manner; cheerful and edifying in his converastion; of deep and fervent piety and untiring in his endeavours to promote the well-being of his fellow creatures'
Generous words. But in justice to Timothy Hackworth we have to add that it was he who kept the wheels turning on the Stockton to Darlington Railway in the crucial early years, and that he designed some fine locomotives. Through often overlooked, he certainly deserved a niche in the gallery of the great railway engineers.
And he was a Methodist !
By post from G.E.Milburn, 8 Ashbrooke Mount, Sunderland. SR2 7SD. Cheques for £3.50 , including postage and packing to: Wesley Historical Society North East Branch.
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John Wesley Tercentenary 2003
The special 2003 Tercentenary Bulletin of the North East Branch of the Wesley Historical Society, published in March 2003 contains personal perspectives on John Wesley from 25 people with experience of living and working in the North East. Contributors include Bishops of Durham and Newcastle, Methodist and Salvation Army leaders, academics and local historians.
Copies available by post from M. Milburn, 8 Ashbrooke Mount, Sunderland. SR2 7SD.
Cheques for £2,including postage and packing to:
Wesley Historical Society North East Branch |
The Orphan House of John Wesley in Newcastle
 An account of the building, founded by John Wesley, which stood near Fenwicks in what is now Northumberland Street in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Includes:
...An early description of the Orphan House written on 23 May 1744 by Richard Viney.
...Notes on the Drawings of the Orphan House
by Geoffrey Fisher.
...The Signicance of the Orphan House
by Geoffrey Milburn.
...The Orphan House Wesleyan Day Schools
by Terry Hurst.
20 pages with illustrations.
Price £2.50 inclusive of postage and packing
Available from:
Rev.Terry Hurst
31 Castle Hills
Castleside
Consett
Co.Durham DH8 9RL |
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