The Primitive Methodist Magazine was the monthly magazine of the Primitive Methodist Church in Britain, spanning just over a century. From 1820, the Magazine was edited by Hugh Bourne

Hugh Bourne

Hugh Bourne was the joint founder of Primitive Methodism, the largest offshoot of Wesleyan Methodism and, in the mid nineteenth century, an influential Protestant Christian movement in its own right.- Early life :...

, who printed the magazine at Bemersley Farm about 2 miles from Mow Cop

Mow Cop

Mow Cop is an isolated village which straddles the Cheshire–Staffordshire border, and is thus divided between the North West and West Midlands regions of England...

. Production was moved to London in 1843 when John Flesher became the Editor. One of the more famous editors was H B Kendall

H B Kendall

Holliday Bickerstaff Kendall , Primitive Methodist Minister, President of the Conference . Editor , Author and Historian...

, the writer of three major histories of Primitive Methodism

Primitive Methodism

Primitive Methodism was a major movement in English Methodism from about 1810 until the Methodist Union in 1932. The Primitive Methodist Church still exists in the United States.-Origins:...

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The Magazine was initially produced as a paper cover booklet. These were later bound in annual volumes, of which the Englesea Brook Museum of Primitive Methodism has a complete set. Hugh Bourne's printing press is also amongst the exhibits at the Museum.

External links

• Englesea Brook Museum of Primitive Methodism