Thomas Shaw (Methodist minister)

Thomas Shaw was an English author and historian, born in Manchester in 1916[1] who spent thirty- four years in Cornwall as a Methodist minister. He is best known as the author of many books on Cornish Methodism. In 1961 he was made a bard of the Cornish Gorsedd taking the bardic name 'Ystoryer Methysyeth' in recognition of his studies in Cornish Methodism.

Works
  • Menhinick Family: the History and Genealogy of a Cornish family (1950)[2]
  • The Bible Christians 1815-1907 (1961)
  • Methodism in Probus, 1781-1961 (1961)
  • Methodism in the Camelford and Wadebridge Circuit (1963)
  • A History of Cornish Methodism (1967)
  • Foolish Dick and his Chapel: The Story of Porthtowan Methodism 1796-1967
  • Thomas Treffrey Senior (1969)
  • The Pastoral Crook- Religion in Cornwall in the Mid- nineteenth century (1969)
  • A Methodist Guide to Cornwall (updated by Colin Short, 2005)

Death

Shaw died in 2001, aged 85 and was buried at Chapel Amble Methodist cemetery.[3]

References
  1. Library Hub Discover
  2. Library Hub Discover
  3. "Thomas Shaw (1916-2001) - Find a Grave Memorial". Find A Grave. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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