Nottinghamshire

…village sign, the local pub is the Cranmer Arms, and a modern complex adjoining the church is the Thomas Cranmer Centre, available for local community events. A signboard gives an…

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Somerset

…during a church service, but was still able to complete his sermon! At Burrington Combe, on the road through the Mendips, the narrow gorge broadens out into a kind of…

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Essex

…one his predecessors nearly 400 years earlier. This was ­Christopher Martin, who served as treasurer and governor of the Mayflower community. When the Pilgrim Fathers were exiled at Leyden in…

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Sussex

…the town, he attended a Sunday morning service, probably in the Dome, now a large complex near the Pavilion used as a theatre, museum and art gallery. Unable to bear…

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Bristol

…paid for entirely by unsolicited donations from his supporters.   The George Muller Museum at 45-47 College Road (BS7 9FG) tells the full story of Muller’s homes, caring for over 10,000…

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Norfolk

…moved to Earlham Hall, just outside Norwich. By coincidence, the writer Harriet Martineau (1802-1870) was also born in the same house. In the alleyway leading to the courtyard, are plaques…

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Staffordshire

…the Primitive Methodists numbering more than 100,000 members. There is an exhibition in the Chapel Museum at Hillside, Chapel Bank, illustrating the social, industrial and religious history of Mow Cop….

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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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Durham

…and the gospel writers with their symbolic beasts. Some of the items recovered from the coffin may have been his personal possessions, including a double-sided ivory comb, a small portable…

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