Bedfordshire

…of Bunyan’s biographer, Dr Frank Mott Harrison.  The Bedford County Gaol used to stand on the corner of Silver Street, now a pedestrian precinct, and the High Street.  A stone…

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London (Central)

…the street. Immediately opposite at Number 23 is a handsome white-painted house, once the home of the prison reformer John Howard (1726-1790). Howard was appointed High Sheriff of Bedford in…

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Cornwall

…severely assaulted at St Ives. In due course the miners and fishermen warmed to his message and Cornwall became his most fruitful field of labour, and the county most affected…

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Yorkshire (South & West)

…and North Yorkshire remains as a separate county.   HAWORTH Haworth Main Street Located between the Leeds-Bradford conurbation and barren Pennine moorland, the village will for ever be associated with…

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Yorkshire (East Riding)

…faith with Edwin and his nobles in a Saxon banqueting hall. Eventually one man stood up and compared the life of a man to a sparrow’s flight across the hall,…

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Warwickshire

Warwickshire   Despite an abundance of secular tourist attractions, including Shakespeare’s Stratford-on-Avon, Warwick Castle and Charlecote Park, there is little of specific relevance to our theme within the county.  …

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Bristol

…terraces lead up from College Green to the University.  There used to be a plaque on number 43, marking the site of the school. Hannah More’s house In the nearby…

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HOME

…St Aidan See where they lived Walk where they walked Pray where they prayed Select a county or region and find out which famous Christians were born, lived, worked or…

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Dorset

Dorset   It is mainly memories of England’s greatest king, Alfred the Great (849-901), that bring us to Dorset. In Saxon times, the county formed part of the kingdom of…

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Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire   NORTHAMPTON Northampton may not be beautiful, but it still has some handsome buildings. The town and county are well known for the boot and shoemaking industry which has…

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