author
Henry Woodcock
b. 1830
A Primitive Methodist minister from Yorkshire, he wrote vivid religious and local-history books that focused on ordinary lives, dramatic conversions, and acts of courage. His work has a strong storyteller’s energy, especially in books like The Hero of the Humber and Piety Among the Peasantry.
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The Hero of the Humber; Or, The History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe
by Henry Woodcock
About the author
Born in Bridlington and baptized on January 1, 1830, Henry Woodcock became a Primitive Methodist minister whose long life stretched into the early 20th century. A surviving denominational profile gives his dates as 1829–1922, which fits the user's note that he was born in 1830 if the reference is to his baptism rather than his birth year.
Woodcock wrote across sermon helps, religious testimony, biography, and church history. His known books include Wonders of Grace, The Hero of the Humber, Piety Among the Peasantry, Popery Unmasked, and Seventy Sermon Outlines. Together they show a writer interested in faith in everyday life, especially among working people and rural communities in Yorkshire.
What stands out most about his writing is its practical, human focus. Rather than aiming for abstract theology, he often centered real people, local memory, and striking stories of moral change, which likely helped make his books appealing to general readers as well as church audiences.