of his trustees. Cultural depictions and legacy Wroe’s life was the basis of a novel, Mr Wroe's Virgins by Jane Rogers. In 1993 Jonathan Pryce featured as Wroe, alongside Kathy Burke and Minnie Driver, in a BBC mini-series adaptation of the novel directed by Danny Boyle. Most of the locations that are associated with Wroe are long gone, although one of his ‘gatehouses’ does survive in the form of former "Odd Whim" public house in Park Square, Mossley Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, now converted into offices and flats. On the front of the property is a blue plaque commemorating Wroe, although it wrongly claims that he was banished from the town and fled to Australia. References Bibliography External links John Wroe at ODNB John Wroe on utopia-britannica Christian Israelite Church Historical Website of Wroe Descendants New York Times article mentioning John Wroe published June 26, 1855 History Website of the Christian Israelite Church 1782 births 1863 deaths 19th-century apocalypticists 19th-century Protestants English evangelicals Clergy from Bradford Cult leaders Prophets