The ''Primitive Methodist Magazine'' was the monthly magazine of the
Primitive Methodist
The Primitive Methodist Church is a Christian denomination within the holiness movement. Originating in early 19th-century England as a revivalist movement within Methodism, it was heavily influenced by American evangelist Lorenzo Dow (1777–18 ...
Church in Britain, spanning just over a century. It was started in 1821.
From 1821, the Magazine was edited by
Hugh Bourne, who printed the magazine at Bemersley Farm about 2 miles from
Mow Cop
Mow Cop is a village on the Cheshire-Staffordshire border, England, south of Manchester and north of Stoke-on-Trent, on a steep hill of the same name rising to above sea level. The village is at the edge of the southern Pennines, with the Ch ...
. 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, ''op. cit.'', 1919, p. 176, Table III, "showing the Succession of Book Stewards and Editors from 1843 to the Present Time".] the writer of three major histories of
Primitive Methodism
The Primitive Methodist Church is a Christian denomination within the holiness movement. Originating in early 19th-century England as a revivalist movement within Methodism, it was heavily influenced by American evangelist Lorenzo Dow (1777–18 ...
.
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. The magazine existed until 1898.
See also
*''
Methodist Recorder''
References
External links
Englesea Brook Museum of Primitive Methodism
Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Defunct Christian magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines published in England
Magazines published in London
Magazines established in 1821
Magazines disestablished in 1898
Methodist magazines
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