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Title: The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Kendall, H. B. (Holliday Bickerstaffe), 1844-1919
Subjects: Primitive Methodist Church (Great Britain) Methodists
Publisher: London : E. Dalton
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ich may be named that of Rev. C. H. Boden, name Coal Hill, where thememorial Clock Tower now stands, as the site of this first service, and instead of an adjoininglamp-post, they make Parmer climb the town-pump. As the two sites are separated by no greatdistance, the question is not of much practical importance, especially as those who differ in theiropinions as to the site are in substantial agreement as to what actually occurred. 304 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. The name is found twice overat the very bottom of the plan,without reference to building orstreet, from which we infer thatas yet two public open-air ser-vices were held simultaneously inconvenient places; while prayermeetings and class meetingswould be held in the houses offriends or adherents. Amongstthese regular and occasionalopen-air preaching stations wereBelgrave Gate Cross, OrchardStreet, Foundry Square, Frog^Island, West Bridge, RussellSquare, Coal Hill, Old Hay-market, Turner Street, &c^ Owing to the regrettable
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FOUNDRY SQUARE, FROM ARCHDEACON LANE.Showing a part of St. Marks Churcli. FOUNDRY SQUARE, FROM BELGRAVE G.Aa;E. absence of dates, the chronologyof the visits of Wedgwood andClowes to Leicester is difficultto trace; but it is clear thatWedgwood soon followed Benton.His first service is said to havebeen held in Foundry Square,near the door of Mr. Bennett, whois described as a gardener andSunday salesman. But such adescription soon became inappro-priate, for he ceased to be aSunday trader; his house becamea rendezvous for the young con-verts ; here the first class wasformed, of which W. Goodrich THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 305 was one of the earliest members, and Mr. Bennett and his wife got that good which,they never lost. William Clowes, as we know, made a missionary tour into Leicestershire in 1818,although his account of this mission found in the Journal is strangely mixed with

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