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Wesley’s tree

 

Young English elm (Ulmus procera) in the grounds of the Museum of Methodism and Wesley’s House, City Road, London Borough of Islington, said to be a descendent of the tree under which John Wesley (1703-91), founder of Methodism, preached on one of his several visits to Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire.

Edited 9 March 2022.

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