John Wesley's Methodism flourished in Pennine villages

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From the very beginning of the Methodist movement, lead miners and their families in Upper Weardale embraced the "methody faith".

John Grundy visits the area in search of the Pennine chapels rooted in John Wesley's Methodism.

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