. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . t of the newly-formed Arnold branchof Nottingham (1841) to take charge of Connexional interests appeal was made to the right man. Edward Morton was bornin 1807 at Comitesthorpe in Leicestershire, where the Ludditesbarn for the storage of ammunition was turned into a place ofworship. He became the Primitive Methodist Town Missionaryin Nottingham, and laboured indefatigably in furtherance of thatforward movement in which William Antlitf and John Brownsonwere leading spirits—a movement which more than repaired thelosses sustai
. The origin and history of the primitive Methodist Church . t of the newly-formed Arnold branchof Nottingham (1841) to take charge of Connexional interests appeal was made to the right man. Edward Morton was bornin 1807 at Comitesthorpe in Leicestershire, where the Ludditesbarn for the storage of ammunition was turned into a place ofworship. He became the Primitive Methodist Town Missionaryin Nottingham, and laboured indefatigably in furtherance of thatforward movement in which William Antlitf and John Brownsonwere leading spirits—a movement which more than repaired thelosses sustained in 1834, and resulted in the acquisition for theConnexion in Nottingham of a second good chapel in another part ofthe town. This was historic Hockley Chapel, opened by Wesleyand Dr. Coke in 1783; retained, and thus alienated from the Old Body, by the secedersto the New Connexion in 1797, and made the burial-place of Alexander Kilham, thefounder; recovered in 1817 by the Wesleyan Methodists as the result of a Chancery suit, I :. mt REV. EDWARD 1 niinrTrTTflimiinillliHiiniiiiniiiili ?lllllllliiilllMIlllillllillffillL. HOCKLEY CHAPEL, NOTTINGHAM. and in 1839 Bold i the Primitive Methodists for the sum of £2,400. Edward Morton,by In • as H town missionary, prepared the way for this notable advance, and having thus given proof of his powers, hr was admitted into the regularministry, and in 1841 we find him living at Arnold as Superintendent. Heat * Probabrj he wag in failing health, for lie died in L843. THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 251 once took energetic measures to recapture surrendered Hucknall. He missioned thestreets and preached n the green. Ai the close of the service he inquired for RobertHutchinson and William Allen. The two were on the spot, and responded to the Hutchinson did not fail the missionary in the time of need; he opened hishouse for preaching, and it continued to be the preaching-place for the society
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