The Life of the Rev. John William Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley (Classic Reprint)
The Life of the Rev. John William Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley (Classic Reprint)

Author: Robert Cox

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-15

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9780331094220

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Excerpt from The Life of the Rev. John William Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1836, by william stavely, in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Religion, Gender, and Industry
Religion, Gender, and Industry

Author: Peter S Forsaith

Publisher: James Clarke & Company

Published: 2012-05-31

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0227900138

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Questions have been raised in recent decades about the place of women in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, in church and society during a time of vast industrial change. These topics are broad, but can be seen in microcosm in one small area of the English Midlands: the parish of Madeley, Shropshire, in which Coalbrookdale became synonymous with the industrial age. Here, the evangelical Methodist clergyman John Fletcher (1729-1785) ministered between 1760 and 1785, among a population including Roman Catholics and Quakers, as well as people indifferent to religion. For nearly sixty years after his death, two women, Fletcher's widow and later her protege, had virtual charge of the parish, which became one of the last examples of Methodism within the Church of England. Through examining this specific locality, with its potential for religious tension and great social significance, this multidisciplinary collection of essays engages with developing areas of research. In addition to furthering knowledge of Madeley parish and its relation to larger themes of religion, gender and industry in eighteenth-century Britain, the impact of the Fletchers in nineteenth-century American Methodism is examined.