Thomas Shaw (Methodist minister)
Thomas Shaw was a Cornish bard and historian, born in Manchester in 1916 who spent thirty- four years in Cornwall as a Methodist minister. He is best known as the author of many books on Cornish Methodism. In 1961 he was made a bard of the Cornish Gorsedd taking the bardic name 'Ystoryer Methysyeth' in recognition of his studies in Cornish Methodism.
Works
Menhinick Family: the History and Genealogy of a Cornish family The Bible Christians 1815-1907 Methodism in Probus, 1781-1961 Methodism in the Camelford and Wadebridge Circuit A History of Cornish Methodism Foolish Dick and his Chapel: The Story of Porthtowan Methodism 1796-1967Thomas Treffrey Senior The Pastoral Crook- Religion in Cornwall in the Mid- nineteenth century- ''A Methodist Guide to Cornwall''