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Lincolnshire

…surround lies near the east end of the church. The relationship between the church and the subsequent ministry of John and Charles was not always amicable. When, four years after…

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Leicestershire

…        ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH In the shire country between Leicester and Derby, there are memories of two noble families – the Ferrers and the Hastings –…

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London (Central)

…of the present abbey was built in the reign of Henry III between 1220 and 1272. Additions and improvements were added in subsequent centuries and the familiar West Towers were…

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London (South)

…for promoting animal welfare. Spurgeon’s house, Clapham In today’s Clapham, most of the houses of the Sect members have gone, but their names live on as streets and schools. Macaulay…

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Shropshire

…of two of the Church of England’s oldest missionary organisations – the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. In 1695 he was…

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Somerset

…how the town became the epitome of fashionable Georgian society, through an improbable partnership between the architects John Wood – father and son – and the powdered dandy, Richard “Beau”…

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Sussex

…reached Lake Victoria, but had to return to England through ill-health in 1883. Gaining rapid promotion, he was consecrated Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1884, and within a few…

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Berkshire

…is an unlovely place, despite being just three miles from Windsor Castle. Whether it was any better when John Milton (1608-1674) lived here is hard to tell. Milton’s father had…

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Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire   OLNEY The broad main street of Olney comes to life each year with a Shrove Tuesday pancake race between the ladies of the town and those of Liberal,…

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