Rearsby is a village in Leicestershire, about eight miles north east of Leicester. The main denominations of non-conformity were Methodism (including Wesleyan and Primitive Methodism) and Congregationalism. William Cooper’s house was licensed for dissenting worship in 1778, but there is no indication of the denomination.[1] Methodism was first mentioned on the 1829 return of religious … Continue reading Protestant nonconformity in Rearsby, 1750-1916