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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Cheshire

…ground is a memorial to Hugh Bourne (1772-1852), co-founder of Primitive Methodism, who lies here. It records that at his death he left a church with over 109,000 members and…

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London (North & East)

…Stepney Causeway In 1870, a boys’ home was opened in Stepney Causeway, off Commercial Road (E1 0JM), which bore the famous slogan No destitute child ever refused admission.  This was…

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Yorkshire (North)

…Bamburgh in Northumberland. The castle is yet one more place where George Fox (1624-1691) was imprisoned during his turbulent career. Other castles up and down the country – from Lancaster…

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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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Leicestershire

…Street (LE1 1LA). Unfortunately, this is only accessible during church service times. Robert Hall statue Another Baptist minister, still remembered in Leicester although largely forgotten elsewhere, was Robert Hall (1764-1831),…

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Somerset

…describes its tower as the noblest in England. We come to remember two men from the Puritan period. George Newton (1602-1681) was appointed vicar in 1631 but left in 1642…

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Hertfordshire

…family are buried here. Edward Bickersteth (1786-1850) came here as vicar in 1830 and remained until his death twenty years later. After ordination in 1815, he was a keen supporter…

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London (City)

…in 1940. It has been restored with plenty of light new woodwork. From 1766 to 1795 was the rector was William Romaine (1714-1795), a lesser known figure in the evangelical…

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