Rev. William Haslam (1818-1905)

alasdair · Site Admin Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 53 Location: Cardiff

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alasdair · Site Admin Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 53 Location: Cardiff

Has someone out there read something on this forum I wonder, and been helped by it. I would really like to know.

Casiat · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 15

I've just across this forum after searching the internet for more information on Rev Haslam, as we have just been to a local history afternoon in our village where he was mentioned................

We live in Buckenham!!! Very Happy

Our interest was actually prompted by the reading of his description of his arrival into Buckenham via the ferry across the railway line and he makes a note of the gravel pit - which is now part of our land!!!

I've been fascinated to find photo's of Rev Haslam on here - our village historian didn't actually have any.

BTW - she lives in the old rectory!!!

So thankyou for the invaluable information on here - we would now just love to stumble across his books!!!

Don Richardson · Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 24 Location: Warrington England

The extracts from Haslam's time in Buckenham are in his book Yet Not I.
These can be found on this site under books.
It would be good to view Haslam's comments, or which book these can be found in.

DFH · Joined: 27 Apr 2004 Posts: 539 Location: Bramhall, Cheshire

Tip: Click on the Search menu, & enter Buckenham to find all the posts that mention Buckenham.

See also my previous post http://williamhaslam.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=49

Charles · Guest

Just a note to thank you for making this material available - I am preaching on Luke 5:27-39 on Sunday and William Haslam's conversion is a great illustration!

Rev Charles Raven, Christ Church Wyre Forest (Kidderminster)

DFH · Joined: 27 Apr 2004 Posts: 539 Location: Bramhall, Cheshire

Hello Charles,

We are pleased to welcome you as a guest to this forum, and glad that you found the material so helpful. May the Lord bless your labours for Him in the Wyre Forest.

David

PS.

Charles Raven has written a book called Conflict and Growth published by Grove Books. For details see http://tinyurl.com/rf3w9.
He has also written articles in the Churchman magazine. See http://www.churchsociety.org/churchman/

alasdair · Site Admin Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 53 Location: Cardiff

I would like to add my thank you to Charles and Casiat for your comments. It would be good to visit Norfolk sometime - Some months ago I was looking at the old OS map for the area and was excited to note the gravel pit. I find it helpful to identify the actual places that he lived in - like the rectory, and saw - like the gravel pit.

As for his conversion, for me it ranks against the most unusual accounts that I have come across; and yet at the same time, whilst the circumstances and events were different, in the most important respect the same thing happened to me and to countless others.

Casiat · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 15

Alasdair,

Have a look at the following link from Multimap.

It shows an aerial view of our house and the gravel pit.

You can then scan across and see the rest of Buckenham!!!

http://tinyurl.com/nam2l

Ignore the red circle and look at the house just north of the railway line.

The pit is visible at the top of the picture between 12 & 1 o'clock!

regards

evakrlls · Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 1 Location: Hamm, Germany

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! When I read about Billy Bray of Cornwall, I found the link to your website. What I found here, was completely new to me, it touched me deeply. Thank you for all the informations. I ordered the book immediately. Now I am looking forward to receiving a blessing from it for me and others here around. I have been to Cornwall in 1974, by then I didn't know about Billy Bray and William Haslam.May the Lord bless and touch everybody who reads about Rev. Haslam! Your Christian sister Eva from Hamm, Germany