Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

BOURNE, HUGH (_son of Joseph Bourne of Fordhays farm in parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, farmer_). _b._ Fordhays farm 3 April 1772; a carpenter and builder at Bemersley, Staffs.; joined Wesleyan methodists June 1799; built a chapel at Harrisehead 1802; held a camp meeting on the mountain at Mowcop near Harrisehead 31 May 1807, first of many held in Staffordshire; expelled from Wesleyan Methodist Society 27 June 1808; formed first class of a new community at Standley near Bemersley 14 March 1810, first general meeting was held at Tunstall 26 July 1811, name Primitive Methodist was finally adopted 13 Feb. 1812, first annual conference was held at Hull May 1820, and a deed poll of the Primitive Methodist was enrolled in Court of Chancery 10 Feb. 1830; purchased land and built at Tunstall their first chapel 1811; travelled in United States 1844–6; author of _Remarks on the ministery of women_ 1808; _History of the Primitive Methodist_ 1823; _A treatise on Baptism_ 1823; edited _The Primitive Methodist Magazine_ 1824 to about 1844. _d._ Bemersley 11 Oct.