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Record Number: 9848


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Saw an advertisement that Mr Berry was to preach at South Street on the following Sunday and at once determined (health and circumstances permitting) to hear him. [Berry was a Methodist preacher from Bolton].

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

7 Jun 1833

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: Sheffield
other location: [outside?] a Methodist chapel in Sheffield

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Jenkinson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1810

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

hatter

Religion:

Methodist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

[advertisement / poster for next week's preacher]

Genre:

Other religious, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Advertisement, Poster

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

9848

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Jenkinson

Editor:

K. Battye

Title:

The Diary of Joseph Jenkinson of Dronfield

Place of Publication:

Nottingham

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

n/a

Page:

43

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Joseph Jenkinson, K. Battye (ed.), The Diary of Joseph Jenkinson of Dronfield, (Nottingham, 1987), p. 43, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9848, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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