Leicestershire

…whose labours changed the world forever, but in entirely different ways. As we drive in, a sign reminds us that Lutterworth was the workplace of John Wycliffe (1324-1384) and also…

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London (City)

…grocer. He developed a severe chill and, despite signs of recovery, pneumonia set in and he died a few days later. He is buried in Bunhill Fields.   SMITHFIELD St…

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London (North & East)

…Cadnam.  Opposite lie Booth’s son and second General, William Bramwell Booth (1856-1929), this time using the more familiar Army terminology promoted to glory, and other members of the Booth family….

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Northamptonshire

…The immediate prospects are not particularly impressive and Numbers 18 to 22 (NN1 2LU) may not strike the visitor as very significant. Recently, the premises included a gents’ hairdresser, a…

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Staffordshire

…(B43 6HN) can be viewed by appointment. The pub across the road called the Asbury Tavern has his picture on its sign.   WEDNESBURY Wesley’s preaching block It was in…

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Suffolk

…of Ethandun and signing the Peace of Wedmore in 878.   ALDHAM Rowland Taylor memorial At the point where the road from Hadleigh meets the busy A1071 towards Ipswich is…

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Wiltshire

…was an outspoken preacher, not afraid to criticize the king, and gradually came to adopt the doctrines of the Reformation. In 1539 he resigned his bishopric rather than sign the…

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Yorkshire (East Riding)

…had a vision of the Cross with the message In this Sign, Conquer. The validity of this experience has been much debated, but in 313 he issued the Edict of…

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