Workers restoring a Grade I-listed, 18th-century church have unearthed a 90-year-old time capsule in the process. The box was discovered at Whitfield Tabernacle, and is thought to have been hidden there during the 1930s.
The historical treasure trove contained pages from the Western Daily Press, dated 1913, detailing the unveiling of a plaque in remembrance of George Whitfield. The time capsule was hidden within the church walls by its then caretaker.
Whitfield Tabernacle was built in 1741 for the congregation of Whitfield, an evangelist preacher who split from the new fledgling Methodist movement of John Wesley during the mid-18th century.
