What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: "Epworth Villa" 14 Gloucester Street Reverend John Wesley, AM preached here on 6 September 1776 thereby making it the first Methodist meeting house in Weymouth (Melcombe Regis)
John Wesley was a Church of England cleric and evangelist who was one of the founders of Methodism. His preaching at Epworth Villa marked the establishment of the first Methodist meeting house in Weymouth, contributing to the spread of Methodism in southern England.
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