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John Wesley

Epworth, Lincolnshire 1703 - London 1791
Anglican cleric and Christian theologian
founder of the Methodist movement
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
1956

Description

Commemorative plaque with text and a very small portrait.

Inscription(s)

near this sport on august 16^th 1790
REV. JOHN WESLEY, M.A.
then in his eighty-eighth year
and on the last of his fourteen visits to the town
PREACHED
to the people of haverfordwest.
his text was,
"the kingdom of god is at hand: repent ye,
and believe the gospel."

mark, I.15

Annotation

The plaque was the initiative of Alderman Llewellyn J. Meyler, O.B.E., who had long cherished the hope that some day there might be in Haverfordwest some permanent memorial to John Wesley's fourteen visits to Pembrokeshire. The plaque is unveiled on 18 May 1956 by the Mayor of Haverfordwest, Major John Green, T.D., at the Grammar School.
Later the plaque is replaced on a monument near the new library.

Artist

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society 30, 6 (1956), p. 132-133 and ill. on p. 118 (PDF on-line).

Location (N 51°48'2" - W 4°58'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbwa067; Photograph: 26 July 2012
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