WESLEYN CHURCH BLACK TOWN

       The person sitting in the centre is Elijah Hoole (1798-1872) a Wesleyn machinery who travelled extensively in the Madras Presidency during the period 1820-28 and has left a lasting impression of Madras its people, culture and contemporary living in his writings. The Wesleyn mission was established in Madras in 1817 and its first church was built in Black Town  Pophams Broadway in 1822.  The church was built on a plot of land that was not stable and wells were sunk for a depth of about 12 feet and  partly filled with sand and the structure was built with bricks and madras chunam.  It was consecrated on 25th April 1822 and around 400 native christians were present. The total cost was 10000 pagodas and Elijah Hoole was behind its construction  He was also a scholar in Tamil and translated Bible.  The church in Royapettah was  constrcuted in 1850s.

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