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Epworth Rectory Front View
Epworth originally referred to Epworth, Lincolnshire, a town in England that was the birthplace of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, early leaders of the Methodist religious movement. The town's name has since been used for other places and institutions affiliated with the Methodist denomination of Christianity. In addition to the English town, Epworth may refer to: Places Canada * Epworth, Newfoundland and Labrador, a hamlet, Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland * Grand Bay-Westfield, New Brunswick#Neighbourhoods, Epworth Park, a neighborhood in Grand Bay-Westfield, New Brunswick United States * Epworth, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Epworth by the Sea, Georgia, a Methodist retreat center * Epworth, Illinois, a town * Epworth, Iowa, a town near Dubuque, Iowa, Dubuque * Epworth, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Epworth Heights, Michigan, a summer resort in Ludington, Michigan * Epworth, Virginia, an unincorporated community Zimbabwe * Epworth, Zimbabwe, a city and suburb o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epworth, Lincolnshire
Epworth is a town and civil parish in the Isle of Axholme, North Lincolnshire, England.OS Explorer Map 280: Isle of Axholme, Scunthorpe and Gainsborough: (1:25,000) : The town lies on the A161, about halfway between Goole and Gainsborough. As the birthplace of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, it has given its name to many institutions associated with Methodism. Their father, Samuel Wesley, was the rector from 1695 to 1735. History Epworth is in the Isle of Axholme. The Isle is so called because, until it was drained by the Dutch engineer Sir Cornelius Vermuyden in 1627–1629, it was an inland island, surrounded by rivers, streams, bogs and meres. The Domesday Book in 1086 recorded: "Manor In Epeuerde, Ledwin had eight carucates of land to be taxed. Land to twelve ploughs. Geoffrey de Wirce has there two ploughs, and eight sokemen, with two carucates and five oxgangs of this land; and thirteen villanes and nine bordars with six ploughs, and eleven fisheries of five shillin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
