Banyard, James b. January 31, 1800 d. October 31, 1863 English Religious Leader. James Banyard, a farm worker's son, was born in Rochford in 1800. He founded the religious sect known as The Peculiar People in rural Essex in the mid-19th Century. He was a disciple of James Bridges, the evangelist, who in 1836 had founded the Plumstead Peculiars. It was an off-shoot of a Wesleyan denomination. Banyard was frequently drunk until his wife asked him to attend a service in the local Wesleyan Methodist chapel. The preacher's message had a profound effect...[Read More] (Bio by: geoffrey gillon) St Andrew Churchyard, Rochford, Essex, England
b. January 31, 1800 d. October 31, 1863