5 sites in Carey Country
Visit the site of the weaver’s cottage where he was born in Pury End. See the fields and lanes where his love of plants and animals began. Paulerspury Church is where his father was Parish Clerk and where William attended regularly throughout childhood.
Enjoy a country walk to see the sites of houses where William lived as an apprentice and journeyman shoemaker, the church where he was married and the sites of houses where he lived with Dorothy. Visit the Baptist Church erected in his memory behind the site of the one he helped to found.
It was here that Newton and Cowper, Sutcliff and Scott exerted great influence on William as a young Christian. Visit the Baptist Church which he joined and which commissioned him to be a Minister. Nearby is a museum dedicated to Cowper amd Newton
The cottage where William had his school, made his shoes and lived as Minister still stands. Part of it is a small museum. Nearby is the church building he helped to rebuild. See the mural that tells his story and a modern stained glass roundel expressing his vision.
Visit the
Heritage Room at Fuller Baptist Church and discover links between Carey and
other great men. Along the road is the ‘Mission House’ – now a residential
home for the elderly – where the BMS was founded. Opposite is the home of
Thomas Gotch for whom Carey made shoes while at Moulton.
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