In this meticulous study, Martin Wellings has given us a fascinating glimpse into the activities of local preachers in and around Oxford during the period surveyed. It is erudite, up-to-date, and will particularly help the reader who may have little knowledge of Wesleyan Methodism in the nineteenth century to understand the activities recorded in the Minutes.

JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY

In addition to local historians, all Methodist libraries worldwide should buy this book as one of the few British nineteenth-century Methodist documents in print. Genealogists tracing nineteenth-century Local preachers need
to read this book in order to discover what can be found when they delve in the archives.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE WESLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

'Ticks all the right boxes'. It raises questions that can be posed with respect to other circuits and parts of the country, some of which relate to the survival of primary source material and others to the expression and vitality of the Christian faith during the Victorian era. In short, it can be thoroughly recommended.

THE LOCAL HISTORIAN