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3 1 15 16 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 17 14 2 18 20 19 23 24 21, 22 & 25 (Nr Westminster and St James’s Park tube stations) 26 (10 mins walk from Sloane Sq or South Kensington tube stations) 23 & 24 (Nr Tottenham Court Road tube station) Leicester Square Temple Holborn St Paul’s Old Street Chancery Lane Liverpool Street Cannon Street Mansion House Moorgate Bank Barbican Farringdon City Thameslink Black friars Russell square Goodge Street Oxford Circus Bond Street Regents Park Great Portland Street Warren Street Euston Square Tottenham Court Road Piccadilly Circus Charing Cross Baker Street John Wesley’s London walking map a ort walk ...a long history John Wesley is the best known of the founders of the Methodist movement. His Christian ministry emphasised salvation for all. Today, Methodism is a worldwide Christian denomination of 75 million people. Enjoy walking Wesley’s way and exploring Wesley’s London 16. Samuel Annesley’s House – (plae and outside only) – 7 Spal Yard, off Spal Sare, E1 6AQ 17thC home of Samuel Annesley, John Wesley’s maternal grandfather; John’s mother, Susanna Wesley, born here in 1669. 17. Se of Fetter Lane Chapel – plae oppose John Wilkes’ Statue) – Fetter Lane, EC4A 1BX Moravians used Fetter Lane from 1740. 18. Charles Wesley Memorial – (in memorial garden on se of Old St Marylebone Ch graveyard). Marylebone High St, W1U 5HR Charles Wesley aed to be buried here as a member of the Chur of England. Charles and John remained Anglican priests throughout their lives. 19. Hinde Street Methodist Chur – Thayer Street, W1U 2JQ. The orinal (previous) apel here was built in 1810. Charles Wesley’s widow, son and daughter were ‘class members’. 20. Methodist Chur House – 25 Marylebone Rd, NW1 5JR Formerly ‘Mission House’, headarters of the Methodist Missionary Society. 21*. Methodist Central Hall, Westminster – Storey’s Gate, SW1H 9NH. Built to mark centenary of John Wesley’s death. 22*. National Portra Gallery – St Martin’s Place, WC2H 0HE Normally has on dilay 1766 portra of John Wesley by Nathaniel Hone. 23. St Giles-in-the-Fields Pari Chur – 60 St Giles High Street, WC2H 8LG John Wesley is believed to have preaed occasionally at Evening Prayer. See also here pulp from former West Street Chapel [see 24]. 24. West Street (Methodist) Chapel – (outside only) – 26 West Street, WC2H 9NA Commemorative plae indicates this was John Wesley’s first West End Methodist apel; leased from the Huguenots 1743–91. 25*. Westminster Abbey – Parliament Sq, SW1P 3PA Memorial to Wesleys (on south oir aisle wall). Charles Wesley was educated at Westminster Sool (adjacent), where his eldest brother, Samuel, taught. 26. Fetter Lane Moravian Chur – Moravian Close, 381 Kings Road, Chelsea SW10 0LP Congregation wh whom the Wesleys worped re-establied in the 1960s at this apel. Notable Moravians interred in burial ground, ‘God’s Acre’, include Peter Böhler. Main walking map area – see overleaf 8. St Botolph’s-whout-Aldersgate Pari Chur – John Wesley’s father, Samuel, was curate here for a year. Window of John Wesley field-preaing in Moorfields and plae on railings commemorates Wesleys’ evangelical conversions. 9. Se of John Bray’s House – Plae marks where John and Charles Wesley lodged 1738–9, where Charles was converted on 21 May 1738 and John declared ‘I believe’ at 10pm on 24 May 1738. 10. John Wesley’s Conversion Place Memorial – The ‘Aldersgate Flame’ Modern bronze ‘flame’ sculpture ereed in 1981 to commemorate John Wesley’s evangelical conversion on 24 May 1738, featuring text from his journal describing when his heart was ‘strangely warmed’. (Located on the high walkway, direly outside entrance to the Museum of London.) 11*. Museum of London – London’s history from prehistoric times to the present wh new ‘Galleries of Modern London’, including ‘Expanding Cy: 1666–1850s’ wh memorabilia conneed wh John Wesley. 12. St Bartholomew the Great Pari Chur – The last Anglican pulp made available to John Wesley, who continued to prea here long after he had been debarred from other London ures. 13*. The Charterhouse – John Wesley was educated at The Charterhouse Sool 1714–20. Commemorative plae in the cloisters. (Sool relocated to Surrey in 1872.) For details of wor services and costs of tours, vis: www.thearterhouse.org 14. St Luke’s Pari Chur – now LSO St Luke’s Consecrated in 1733, this ur’s pari included John Wesley’s Foundery Society, who took communion here. Today the building is a London Symphony Orestra rehearsal, concert and education ace. Vis: lso.co.uk/lsostlukes 15. Bunhill Fields (Nonconformist) Burial Ground, wh Susanna Wesley’s grave – John Wesley’s mother, Susanna, died on 30 July 1742. Her whe marble gravestone is to the left of the central path. www.methodistherage.org.uk walking Wesley’s way Produced wh Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission by Methodist Herage, part of The Methodist Chur in Brain, a Restered Chary no. 1132208 © TMCP 2011. Restered Chary no. 1136358 Design by www.GoldDen.co.uk Also to explore in Wesley’s London
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8. St Botolph’s-without-Aldersgate Parish Church – John Wesley’s father, Samuel, was curate here for a year. Window of John Wesley field-preaching in Moorfields and plaque on railings commemorates Wesleys’ evangelical conversions.
9. Site of John Bray’s House – Plaque marks where John and Charles Wesley lodged 1738–9, where Charles was converted on 21 May 1738 and John declared ‘I believe’ at 10pm on 24 May 1738.
10. John Wesley’s Conversion Place Memorial – The ‘Aldersgate Flame’ Modern bronze ‘flame’ sculpture erected in 1981 to commemorate John Wesley’s evangelical conversion on 24 May 1738, featuring text from his journal describing when his heart was ‘strangely warmed’. (Located on the high walkway, directly outside entrance to the Museum of London.)
11*. Museum of London – London’s history from prehistoric times to the present with new ‘Galleries of Modern London’, including ‘Expanding City: 1666–1850s’ with memorabilia connected with John Wesley.
12. St Bartholomew the Great Parish Church – The last Anglican pulpit made available to John Wesley, who continued to preach here long after he had been debarred from other London churches.
13*. The Charterhouse – John Wesley was educated at The Charterhouse School 1714–20. Commemorative plaque in the cloisters. (School relocated to Surrey in 1872.) For details of worship services and costs of tours, visit: www.thecharterhouse.org
14. St Luke’s Parish Church – now LSO St Luke’s Consecrated in 1733, this church’s parish included John Wesley’s Foundery Society, who took communion here. Today the building is a London Symphony Orchestra rehearsal, concert and education space. Visit: lso.co.uk/lsostlukes
15. Bunhill Fields (Nonconformist) Burial Ground, with Susanna Wesley’s grave – John Wesley’s mother, Susanna, died on 30 July 1742. Her white marble gravestone is to the left of the central path.
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1*. Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission, John Wesley’s house and tomb, and the Museum of Methodism – Built by John Wesley in 1778 close to ‘The City’ of London to replace the Foundery chapel [see 3]. Today, Wesley’s Chapel has a thriving, multicultural congregation and is united with the Leysian Mission, formerly an independent local Methodist Mission. 49 City Road, London EC1Y 1AU T: 020 7253 2262 E: [email protected] W: www.wesleyschapel.org.uk
Route approximately 2 1/2 hours without stops and visits to attractions.
* = major tourist attractions where you could spend several hours admiring the architecture and exploring the exhibits!
Walking from Wesley’s Chapel…
2. Site of Whitefield’s Tabernacle – John Wesley admired George Whitefield, who first invited Wesley to preach outdoors, but strongly disagreed with his Calvinism. In 1741, Whitefield’s supporters built a wooden tabernacle on corner of present Leonard and Tabernacle Sts.
3. Site of the Foundery – Plaque located on wall of John Wesley’s first ‘bookroom’, in present Tabernacle St, indicates site opposite (between Worship St and Bonhill St) of the disused cannon factory that became John Wesley’s first London base (1739–1778). (Pulpit and some pews relocated to Wesley’s Chapel.)
4. Finsbury Square – John and Charles Wesley, George Whitefield and others preached here and in the ‘Moorfields’ area. Wesley organised meetings and visited converts; thus began the Methodist Society in England.
5. St Giles-without-Cripplegate Parish Church – Samuel Annesley, John Wesley’s maternal grandfather, was expelled from this church for nonconformity in 1662. (Can also be viewed from the high walkway east of the Aldersgate Memorial [see 10].)
6. Threadneedle Street – John Wesley married Molly Vazeille, a widow, in 1751. Shortly before, he fell and badly sprained his foot. He was carried to the Vazeille’s home here and spent a week convalescing, nursed by Molly.
7*. St Paul’s Cathedral & Churchyard – John Wesley worshipped in the chancel on 24–26 May 1738. On the afternoon of his Aldersgate experience, he heard the anthem, ‘Out of the deep have I cried unto Thee’. Statue of John Wesley erected in 1988 in the churchyard: bronze cast of Manning’s 19thC statue to be found at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster [see 21, overleaf].
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1. Wesley’s Chapel,John Wesley’s house & The Museum of Methodism
15. Bunhill Fields Burial GroundSusanna Wesley’s grave
11. Museum of London10. The Aldersgate Flame Memorial
Fetter Lane
7. St Paul’s Cathedral & Churchyard
8. St Botolph’s-without-Aldersgate Parish Church
9. Site of John Bray's House
12. St Bartholomew the Great Parish Church 5. St Giles-without-Cripplegate
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14. LSO St Luke’s
13. The Charterhouse
Samuel Annesley's House
3. Site of the Foundery John Wesley's first London chapel
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2. Site of Whitefield’s Tabernacle
4. Finsbury Square Moorfields preaching ground
6. Threadneedle Street
walking Wesley’s way15 sites in central London associated with John Wesley’s family life and ministry in the eighteenth century: all within walking distance of Wesley’s Chapel, City Road.
