Wesley may refer to:
People and fictional characters
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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
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Wesley, Arkansas
Wesley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in western Madison County, Arkansas, United States. Wesley is located at the junction of Arkansas highways 74 and 295, by road west-southwest of Huntsville.''Arkansas Atla ...
, an unincorporated community
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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
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Wesley Township, Will County, Illinois
Wesley Township is located in Will County, Illinois
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Wesley, Iowa, a city in Kossuth County
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Wesley Township, Kossuth County, Iowa Wesley Township is a township in Kossuth County, Iowa, United States
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Wesley, Maine
Wesley is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The town was named after John Wesley, founder of the English Methodist movement. The population was 122 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the ...
, a town
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Wesley Township, Washington County, Ohio
Wesley Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 915 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the far western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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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
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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
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Wesley, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Elsewhere
* Wesley, a hamlet in the township of
Stone Mills
Stone Mills is a lower-tier township north of Greater Napanee in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada. According to the 2016 census, the township has a population of 7,702.
The Township of Stone Mills was formed on January 1, 1998 through ...
, Ontario, Canada
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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 ...
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Wesley, New Zealand
Wesley is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, located in the south-west of the Auckland isthmus. The southern part of the suburb is almost entirely made up of the Southwestern Motorway and commercial areas.
Demographics
Wesley covers and had a ...
, a suburb of Auckland
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Wesley, Eastern Cape, South Africa, a town
Schools
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Wesley College (disambiguation)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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''Wesley'' (film), a 2009 film
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''Wesley'' (TV series), a 1949 American sitcom
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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
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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
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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
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Westley (disambiguation)
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Vesly (disambiguation)
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