Saturday, August 22, 2009

Let's hear it for Will!

William Grimshaw of Haworth in Yorkshire, born 14 September 1708, was regarded as one of the three greatest men of the eighteenth century Evangelical Revival; the other two being John Wesley and George Whitefield. And yet he is little known today. Pity!

St Hilda.

Who was Hilda of Whitby and why is she important? St Hilda founded the original Whitby Abbey. The stone ruins that remain today are from a l...