A METHODIST minister is to speak to a history group about his research into another minister who bears his surname.

The Reverend Gilbert Braithwaite will speak to the North-East branch of the Wesley Historical Society about the Reverend John Braithwaite, who served in Newcastle and Sunderland between 1820 and 1825. The lecture will take place at Middle Herrington Methodist Church, in Sunderland, on Saturday, April 9, from 2.30pm.