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Mow Cop Camp Meeting

When
31 May 1807
Where
Staffordshire and Cheshire border
Part of
Primitive Methodism originates at Mow Cop camp meeting

Bourne and Clowes held a fourteen-hour camp meeting at Mow Cop on 31 May 1807, resulting in many converts.

Inspired by American camp meetings, the two preachers gathered at Mow Cop on the Staffordshire and Cheshire border. The event lasted fourteen hours and produced numerous converts, establishing the foundation for the Primitive Methodist movement.

Sources

  1. Primitive Methodist Church Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-04
  2. Mow Cop Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-07

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