. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . REV. W. SHARMAN. MR. W. JACKSON. 538 PRIMITIVE METHODIST EEV. EDWARD FOIZEY, In 1838 Leek—another composite circuit—was partially made from it, and Cheadleentirely so in 1872. Both these changes, though they tended to reduce its area andfacilitate its working, have still left it one of the widest circuits in the or about the year 1831, during the superintendency of Edward Foizey, the last two societies that had clung to James Crawfoot and heldaloof from Primitive Methodism, sought union with the RamsorCircuit. T
. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . REV. W. SHARMAN. MR. W. JACKSON. 538 PRIMITIVE METHODIST EEV. EDWARD FOIZEY, In 1838 Leek—another composite circuit—was partially made from it, and Cheadleentirely so in 1872. Both these changes, though they tended to reduce its area andfacilitate its working, have still left it one of the widest circuits in the or about the year 1831, during the superintendency of Edward Foizey, the last two societies that had clung to James Crawfoot and heldaloof from Primitive Methodism, sought union with the RamsorCircuit. The societies were at Waterfall and Caldon, and theirco-lay-pastors were Thomas Mottram and Joseph Bratt. Theevent, interesting in itself as the healing of a breach, is stillmore so, because it gave to the Connexion Thomas Mottram,no ordinary man. For one thing, he was the grandson ofSamuel and Elizabeth Evans, better known as Seth and DinahBede, so that he was half-cousin to George Eliot. But ThomasMottram scarcely needs this adventitious distinction, thoughit is worth noting. The memoir of him, written by his son,ma
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