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Wesley (name) Wesley is a name with an Anglo-Norman etymology. The "wes" portion of the name refers to the Western cardinal direction, while the word "lea" refers to a field, pasture, or other clearing in a forest. Thus, the name's origin refers to a "western le ...
, a given name and a surname


Places


United States

* Wesley, Arkansas, an unincorporated community *
Wesley, Georgia Wesley is an unincorporated community in Emanuel County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History A post office called Wesley was established in 1912, and remained in operation until 1950. The community was named after John Wesley (1703–1791), the ...
, an unincorporated community *
Wesley Township, Will County, Illinois Wesley Township is located in Will County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Othe ...
* Wesley, Iowa, a city in Kossuth County *
Wesley Township, Kossuth County, Iowa Wesley Township is a township in Kossuth County, Iowa, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists o ...
* Wesley, Maine, a town * Wesley Township, Washington County, Ohio *
Wesley, Oklahoma Wesley is an unincorporated community in Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States. It is ten miles south of Kiowa Kiowa () people are a Native American tribe and an indigenous people of the Great Plains of the United States. They migrated sout ...
, an unincorporated community *
Wesley, Indiana Wesley is an unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 St ...
, an unincorporated town * Wesley, West Virginia, an unincorporated community


Elsewhere

* Wesley, a hamlet in the township of Stone Mills, Ontario, Canada *
Wesley, Dominica Wesley () is a village in north-eastern Dominica, situated between the old estates of Eden and Londonderry. Like many other villages along the east coast Wesley developed after Emancipation on hilly land along the boundary between the two estates a ...
, a village * Wesley, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland * Wesley, Eastern Cape, South Africa, a town


Schools

* Wesley College (disambiguation) *
Wesley Institute Excelsia College, formerly Wesley Institute, is a tertiary education provider in Sydney, Australia, offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in counselling, creative and performing arts, education, social work and business. History The ...
, Sydney, Australia *
Wesley Seminary Wesley Seminary is an evangelical Christian theological seminary that was founded by the Wesleyan Church denomination and Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU). Wesley Seminary is located on Indiana Wesleyan University's main campus in Marion, India ...
, Marion, Indiana *
Wesley Biblical Seminary Wesley Biblical Seminary is an interdenominational Evangelical Christian seminary in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The seminary's history and teachings align with Wesleyan-Arminian (Methodist) tradition. It was founded in 1974 and serves men and women ...
, Jackson, Mississippi *
Wesley Theological Seminary Wesley Theological Seminary is a United Methodist Church seminary in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1882. History Wesley Theological Seminary can trace its roots back to the 1881 meeting of the Methodist Protestant Church's Maryland Annua ...
, Washington, DC *
Wesley University of Science and Technology Wesley University, Ondo ormerly Wesley University of Science and Technology (WUSTO)is located in Ondo, Ondo State Nigeria. It was founded by the Methodist Church, Nigeria. The University was granted official license by the National Universities ...
, Ondo, Nigeria *
Wesley Girls' High School Wesley Girls' High School (WGHS) is an educational institution for girls in Cape Coast in the Central region of Ghana. It was founded in 1836 by Harriet Wrigley, the wife of a Methodist minister. The school is named after the founder of Methodis ...
, Ghana


Other uses

* ''Wesley'' (film), a 2009 film * ''Wesley'' (TV series), a 1949 American sitcom *
Wesley House (disambiguation) Wesley House is a seminary in Cambridge. Wesley House may also refer to: Australia *Wesley House, an Australian theological institution at, or renamed as, Wesley Theological College United Kingdom * Charles Wesley's House, an 18th-century h ...
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Wesley Hospital (Brisbane) The Wesley Hospital is a hospital located in the suburb of Auchenflower in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The hospital currently has over 530 beds and offers a large range of clinical services. It is owned and operated by UnitingCare Healt ...
, Australia


See also

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Wesley Church (disambiguation) Wesley Church may refer to: *Wesley Church, Melbourne, Australia, a Uniting Church *Wesley Church, Perth, Australia, a Uniting Church * Wesley Church, Albany, Australia, a Uniting Church * Wesley Church, Seremban, Malaysia *Wesley Church, Egmore, T ...
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Wesley Chapel (disambiguation) Wesley Chapel may refer to: United States * Wesley Chapel (Woodlawn, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas * Wesley Chapel, Florida, cdp 20 miles north of Downtown Tampa * Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church (Eldersburg, Maryland), liste ...
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Wesley's Chapel Wesley's Chapel (originally the City Road Chapel) is a Methodist church situated in the St Luke's area in the south of the London Borough of Islington. Opened in 1778, it was built under the direction of John Wesley, the founder of the Method ...
, London, England *
Wesley Methodist Cathedral (disambiguation) Wesley Methodist Cathedral is the name of several cathedrals of the Methodist Church Ghana: * Wesley Methodist Cathedral (Accra) * Wesley Methodist Cathedral (Cape Coast) * Wesley Methodist Cathedral (Kumasi) Wesley Methodist Cathedral is a Metho ...
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Wesley Foundation {{methodism A Wesley Foundation is a United Methodist campus ministry sponsored in full or in part (depending on the congregation) by the United Methodist Church on a non-church owned and operated campus. Wesley Foundations claim ancestry in the ...
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Wesley Mission Wesley Mission is a name used by three independent Uniting Church groups which are a part of the Uniting Missions Network of UnitingCare Australia. These predominantly grew out of inner city ''Central Methodist Missions'' of the Methodist Church ...
, various United Church missions * Westley (disambiguation) * Vesly (disambiguation) {{disambig, geo, school