This is significant because his experiences inspired his brother, John (June 17^th) to visit. Their joint impact was remarkable not just because of the effect they had on the lifestyle of many residents but also because they inspired the building of the magnificent, one thousand person capacity, Methodist Chapel which has been, justly, referred to as ‘The Miners’  Cathedral of Cornwall ’ (pictured right).

At the time the country was already in the midst of the second Scottish Jacobite uprising and the combination of rebellion in the north and enthusiastic revivalism in the west led to resistance by local gentry who felt their position threatened by their incorrect notion that changes in the nation were unwanted. 

Their views were ignored and it was estimated that Charles Wesley preached to over two thousand people in the open air at the plain an gwarry (open air ampitheatre for dramas) which is one of the few, fully intact, examples remaining of such sites.