London (City)

…above the door.   ST DUNSTAN-IN-THE-WEST St Dunstan-in-the-West On the north side of Fleet Street looking down towards St Paul’s, this impressive church was built between 1831 and 1833, replacing…

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London (Central)

…the coast and then brought it by sea to Southampton. It was laid to rest with much ceremony in the presence of Livingstone’s long-lived father-in-law, the pioneer missionary Robert Moffatt….

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Hereford & Worcester

…oldest part of the present cathedral is the crypt, built during the long bishopric of St Wulfstan (born 1008). It dates from 1084 and can be reached from the main…

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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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Buckinghamshire

…Kansas, in America. Olney Church Olney’s most famous residents, still remembered after 250 years, were John Newton (1725-1806) and William Cowper (1731-1800).  They came from backgrounds as far removed as possible, but…

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Cambridgeshire

…Pembroke included Ridley’s fellow Protestants John Bradford (1510-1555) and John Rogers (c1500-1555), who both perished in the fires of Smithfield during Mary’s reign. Bradford was ordained by Ridley and became…

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Bedfordshire

…his experiences as a curate on the Isle of Wight.  The most famous of these, The Dairyman’s Daughter, was translated into several languages and 2,000,000 copies were printed in his…

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Nottinghamshire

…Book of Common Prayer. At the nearby village of Whatton-in-the Vale, the Church of St John of Beverley has a Cranmer Chapel, where a tablet commends the Archbishop’s piety, learning…

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Yorkshire (South & West)

…the talented but tragic Bronte sisters. The Rev. Patrick Bronte was vicar here for forty-one years from 1820 and outlived all of his six children, including the literary trio of…

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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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