London (Central)

…under three outstanding ministers, George Campbell Morgan (1863-1945), Dr Martyn Lloyd Jones (1899-1981) and Dr R.T. Kendall. Campbell Morgan served two periods as pastor, 1904-17 and 1933-43, his earlier ministry…

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Buckinghamshire

…could be the set for another Jane Austen TV series.  Amersham-on-the-Hill is mostly modern and grew up around the railway station half a mile away. Amersham Old Town Amersham became…

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Oxfordshire

…the Thornhill Park and Ride, is The Kilns, home for over the thirty years to C. S. Lewis (1898-1963). The house lies at the end of a cul-de-sac now called…

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Hertfordshire

…Nearby are the graves of Bickersteth’s son and daughter-in-law. Edward Henry Bickersteth (1825-1906) followed in the same tradition. He was vicar of Christchurch, Hampstead, for thirty years and then Bishop…

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London (North & East)

…where Barnado and his wife lived from 1875 to 1879 (E3 4LN).  It is an elegant four-storey end-of-terrace house, which was later used as a training home for girls entering…

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Somerset

…to write one of our best loved hymns, Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee. Toplady is remembered by a stained glass window at the…

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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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Sussex

…family of Westfield Lodge. The best known member was the hymn writer Charlotte Elliot (1789-1871). She was one of several daughters of Charles Elliott and his wife Eling, daughter of…

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Cambridgeshire

…of a small group of farm labourers and their families. Despite his lack of preparation, the sixteen-year-old Spurgeon conducted the service with confidence, including an impromptu sermon.   WATERBEACH Chapel…

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Bedfordshire

…yonder shining light? Site of Bunyan’s baptism A short walk from St John’s, down Cardington Street and up a cul-de-sac called Chethams, brings us to the site of Bunyan’s baptism,…

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