London (City)

…Richard Baxter (1615-1691) preached here. In 1749 William Romaine (1714-1795) was appointed lecturer and held this office for forty-six years, despite determined opposition from other church officers. Sometimes the vicar…

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Yorkshire (South & West)

…standing by the river close to a weir.   HUDDERSFIELD Henry Venn (1724-1797) was vicar of St Peter’s Church (HD1 1BU), on the corner of Kirkgate and Lord Street, from…

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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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Nottinghamshire

…which it has borne honourably ever since. William Booth Birthplace Museum William Booth (1829-1912) was born at 12 Notintone Place (NG2 4QG), a secluded courtyard just off Sneinton Road, not…

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Norfolk

…the eighteen-year-old George Whitehead in 1654. He was the friend and lieutenant of George Fox and suffered frequent opposition and imprisonment for his beliefs. In 1661 he was imprisoned in…

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Oxfordshire

…Pusey (1800-1882) and John Henry Newman (1801-1891), all three Fellows of Oriel College. They expressed their views in a series of papers called Tracts for the Times and the whole…

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Essex

…small chapel in Artillery Street (CO1 2EW) just off Barrack Street that the teenage Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) was converted on 6th January 1850. Spurgeon was living with his parents on…

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Gloucestershire

…great as any city of comparable size. It was the birthplace of the great evangelist George Whitefield (1714-1770), and in Queen Mary’s reign the bishop, John Hooper (1495-1555), was one…

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Kent

…rose-covered cottages, ancient inns and an old bridge. Vincent Perronet (1693-1785) came here as vicar in 1728 and remained for an astonishing fifty-seven years. He was one of John Wesley‘s…

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Lincolnshire

…replaced the Edinburgh stagecoach. The whole town is built from honey-coloured limestone. Links with the eccentric and irascible Robert Browne (1550-1631) bring us here. He came from a wealthy Stamford…

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