Bishop Asbury Cottage
House museum · Sandwell, England
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History
Bishop Asbury Cottage is a 17th-century cottage on Newton Road, Great Barr, England, known for being the boyhood home of Francis Asbury, one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. It is now a museum in his memory.
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About Francis Asbury
Francis Asbury was a British-American Methodist minister who became one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. During his 45 years in the colonies and the newly independent United States, he devoted his life to ministry, traveling on horseback and by carriage thousands of miles to those living on the frontier.
From the Wikipedia article “Francis Asbury”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting
This is a house museum. Opening times, tickets and access change, so check the official website before you travel. Get directions.
