Epworth

:Epworth can also refer to the Epworth Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.

Epworth is a small town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. As the birthplace of John and Charles Wesley (their father was the rector there), it has given its name to many institutions associated with Methodism.

Epworth Old Rectory is maintained as a museum.

Epworth lies on the A161 road, roughly halfway between Goole and Gainsborough. The Isle of Axholme Joint Railway served Epworth: it is now closed altogether.

Epworth, North Lincolnshire is located in the Isle of Axholme.

The isle is so called, as until it was drained by the Dutch engineer Vermuyden (1627-1629), it was an inland island surrounded by rivers.

A grant of the Commons to the freeholders and other tenants made by deed of 1360 by John de Mowbray, Lord of the Manor, gave many privileges and freedoms which were long cherished and protected.

The Deed was to cause repercussions in the reign of Charles I when Sir Cornelius a Dutch engineer was given the task of draining the Isle.

Vermuyden's work was an outstanding piece of irrigation engineering. An example of the Dutch influence on local architecture can be seen in the building now used as the Post Office, situated in the High Street.

There has been extensive drainage since that time which together with warping has made this an exceptionally fertile area and Epworth shares in this productivity.

The [link]Isle of Axholme was originally the eight parishes of: Althorpe, Belton, Crowle, [link]Epworth, Haxey, Luddington, Owston and Wroot.

Epworth's enduring fame however, is as the birthplace of John and Charles Wesley, the founders of Methodism.

The Old Rectory, a fine Queen Anne style building, rebuilt after the famous fire of 1709, has been completely restored and is now the property of the World Methodist Council.

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