Hertfordshire

…Wadesmill does just that (SG12 0TP). Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) passed this way in 1785. He was returning to London after his Latin essay on slavery had been received with great…

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Cambridgeshire

…Street near the centre. With its distinctive Norman doorway, the building dates from about 1130, making it at least 100 years older than the earliest colleges. It now serves as…

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ABOUT US

…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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Yorkshire (South & West)

…barely a dozen regular communicants, but within a year, the number was close to a thousand, and thirty-five bottles of wine were needed for a single communion service. Apart from…

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Oxfordshire

…Goodwin (1600-1680) was President of Magdalen College at this time and a frequent preacher at the university church of St Mary. In 1720, the young John Wesley arrived at Christ…

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London (North & East)

…Stepney Causeway In 1870, a boys’ home was opened in Stepney Causeway, off Commercial Road (E1 0JM), which bore the famous slogan No destitute child ever refused admission.  This was…

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London (City)

…which have merged together to form a vast metropolis of some 8,000,000 souls. The City of London itself, which has given its name to the whole, occupies slightly more than…

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Buckinghamshire

…meet to compose hymns for the Sunday services, later published as the Olney Hymns.  Altogether 280 hymns are attributed to Newton and 62 to Cowper.  The finest of these have…

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London (Central)

…Confessor in 1065, and William the Conqueror stamped authority on his new kingdom by his coronation here on Christmas Day 1066, a few weeks after the Battle of Hastings. Most…

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