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The Moravians were originally called the Bohemian Brethren. They had their roots in the Hussite Schism in Bohemia in the 15th century. They became a pietist movement in the 18th century with Count Nikolaus Ludwig von ZiZendorf resident in England in 1749-55. The Moravians retained a form of the episcopate and the Moravian Episcopal Church was recognised by an Act of Parliament in 1749. Peter Bohler established a Moravian Society in Fetter Lane in 1738 where he exercised a great influence on John Wesley. Wesley broke the connection in 1740. Just after this John Cennick became one of John Wesley's first lay preachers. Cennick came for a reading when disputes arose between Wesley and another senior Wesleyan preacher Whitfield. Their followers separated into two groups. Mr Cennick began to doubt the infallibility of his teachers and became a disciple of Count ZinZendorf. In 1745 he became a Moravian and built the clergyman's house, the chapel and a boarding school in East Tytherton for young ladies who were taught music and sewing etc. Separated by the garden was the sisters' house, occupied entirely by females employed in work. The chief amusement was music. Through his work in the village John Cennick became one of the founders of the Moravian Church in England. A new home for the single sisters was built 1785-6 and in 1792-3 the former Chapel and manse were rebuilt. The present buildings were built in 1792-4 and are of red brick with ashlar dressings and stone slate roofs.
1769 - 1840 (71 Jahre)