| Order number: |
MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Indies/Box 1214
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| Summary: |
Small notebook (142 pages) of poems split into two parts with order of contents at very front of book. The book was begun on 13th April 1840 in Jamaica with the last entry dating from 1887. Contents comprise:
1-71 Part I. Miscellaneous. Original Pieces: poems written by Lockyer on love, friends, family members, his faith, his work and some places he visits. The poems were composed between 1841 and 1887.
72-80 Blank
81-113 Part II. Selected Pieces: Poems copied by Lockyer mainly from missionary publications (covering much of the C19th). Most of the poems are on theological matters, expressions of faith or eulogies.
114-136 Blank
With CD containing digital copies of the poems in the notebook.
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| Main author: |
Lockyer; Edmund (1813-1889); ordained missionary |
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2 items
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| Admin history: |
Edmund Lockyer was born in Dartford, Kent, in 1813. As a child he moved to Manchester where he became a Wesleyan Methodist and later joined its missionary society. His desire was to be a missionary in Fiji but an opportunity arose to serve in the West Indies districts in 1839 so he set sail for St Anne's in Jamaica. Whilst in Jamaica he married Mary Ann Hills on 11 September 1842. After a decade's service in Jamaica he returned to England. Upon his return in 1849 he was initially stationed at Watlington in Oxfordshire but then spent the next thirty years in various circuits and districts around the country (although a number of these were in Lincolnshire). In 1880 he became a supernumerary in Clapton, Essex, and continued to preach until his health failed him. Lockyer died on 3rd April 1889 at Handsworth, Middlesex. |
Edmund Lockyer was born in Dartford, Kent, in 1813. As a child he moved to Manchester where he became a Wesleyan Methodist and later joined its missionary society. His desire was to be a missionary in Fiji but an opportunity arose to serve in the West Indies districts in 1839 so he set sail for St Anne's in Jamaica. Whilst in Jamaica he married Mary Ann Hills on 11 September 1842. After a decade's service in Jamaica he returned to England. Upon his return in 1849 he was initially stationed at Watlington in Oxfordshire but then spent t ... View more |
| Acquisition: |
Accepted, on behalf of the Methodist Church, as a gift from Mrs Lynette Walker (nee Lockyer) and her family, December 2009.
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| Access status: |
Open
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| Copyright: |
Copyright held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes |
| User restrictions: |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
| Language: |
English
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| Related material: |
Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for Edmund Lockyer (MMS/West Indies/Correspondence/Jamaica/FBN 47-49). Furthermore, the synod minutes will detail his work, and that of his colleagues, for much of the time he was resident in the Jamaica District (MMS/West Indies/Synod Minutes/FBN 1-3). |
| Format: |
Archive
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