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…particular person For general tourist information, visitors should consult www.visitengland.com or www.visitbritain.co.uk. Unfortunately it is not possible to include information on opening times, disabled access or other facilities. Wherever possible,…

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London (City)

…four busts, donated by the Victorian philanthropist J. Passmore Edwards, of John Bunyan, Oliver Cromwell, the novelist Daniel Defoe and, of course, Milton. Cromwell came here in August 1620 to…

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Staffordshire

…the Primitive Methodists numbering more than 100,000 members. There is an exhibition in the Chapel Museum at Hillside, Chapel Bank, illustrating the social, industrial and religious history of Mow Cop….

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Yorkshire (South & West)

…(1771-1854), but a plaque on one of the houses records that Benjamin La Trobe, architect of the White House, was also born here. A native of Ayrshire in Scotland, Montgomery…

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Northamptonshire

…the end wall of the last house tells the story. The Academy operated from 1740 to 1751, sending out scores of young pastors and preachers. Where scholars once pored over…

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Northumberland

…remote position offered some protection against the warring Saxon kingdoms, whose rivalries frequently ended in bloodshed.  If safety was their main concern, they did not anticipate that, 150 years later,…

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Bristol

…of his 6,000 verses here.  Still owned by the Methodists, the house carries a memorial plaque, but can only be visited by appointment. It was in Dighton Street, running parallel…

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Cambridgeshire

…Great St Mary’s, the University Church. He returned in 1633 as vicar until his death two years later. In 1628, Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680) became lecturer and later vicar. He separated…

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Norfolk

…moved to Earlham Hall, just outside Norwich. By coincidence, the writer Harriet Martineau (1802-1870) was also born in the same house. In the alleyway leading to the courtyard, are plaques…

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