JOHN WESLEY TOUR

WESLEY'S IN ENGLAND & SCOTLAND

May 15-27, 2018

Places visited:

London, England

Wesley's Chapel

Site of Wesley's Home & Grave

Bunhill Fields Cemetery (Susan Wesley's Burial)

St. Paul's Cathedral (John Wesley Worshipped)

Canterbury-Dover

Canterbury Cathedral (where Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered four knights of Henry II in 1870)

Dover Castle (the "Key to England" - viewed the incredible labyrinth of tunnels built during the Second World War at the behest of Winston Churchill)

Day on Own in London

Oxford - Warwick Castle

Lincoln College, ChristChurch, St. Mary's Church at Oxford University (Learned about educational background of the Wesley brothers, John, Charles and Samuel Jr.)

Warwick Castle (a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort originally built by William the Conqueror during 1068)

Bristol

New Room - Wesley's early centers of ministry (Pastor Will preached a service here)

Charles Wesley Home (the great Methodist hymn writer)

Plymouth - Trewint Cottage

Plymouth - From here the Pilgrims embarked across the Atlantic destine for the New World.

Trewint Cottage (where John Wesley stayed on several occasions)

Ironbridge Gorge

Ironbridge Gorge (home to the world’s first cast iron arch bridge. Built in 1779)

Lincoln - Epworth

Lincoln Cathedral and Lincoln Castle

Epworth (where Samuel Susanna Wesley raised their children in the Old Rectory while he served the Parish Church for 39 years)

St. Andrews Church at Epworth

York

York - Old walled city with ancient walls and history dating back 2000 years.

York Minster - 2nd largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe.

Bamburgh Castle (one of the largest continually inhabited castles in England)

Lindisfarne Priory

Holy Isle of Lindisfarne (Once an active abbey that was responsible for the Christianization of northern England)

Lindisfarne Castle

Lindisfarne Priory

Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh Castle (where James VI, who authorized the King James Bible, was born)

St. Giles Cathedral (the site of the high Kirk of Edinburgh, where John Knox was minister following the Scottish Reformation)

Sir Walter Scott Monument

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