Hertfordshire

…and the first monastery was commissioned by Offa, King of Mercia in 793. Following the Norman Conquest, a much grander building was ordered by Archbishop Lanfranc, who installed his nephew…

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London (North & East)

…living by menial labour in the docks and factories.  Today, the efforts of the Luftwaffe and post-war slum clearance have transformed the landscape, so that whole street plans have disappeared…

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Surrey

…scene of John Wesley’s last sermon and the birthplace of a famous hymn writer are about all it has to offer.   LEATHERHEAD Wesley Plaque John Wesley preached his last…

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Hampshire

…memorials. Charles Richard Sumner (1790-1874) was bishop for an astonishing forty-two years from 1827. He was a committed evangelical and his appointment showed that opposition by the Anglican hierarchy to…

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Lincolnshire

…items relating to its famous former occupants – family furniture, books, portraits and letters. There are several prints of events in the lives of the Wesley brothers which have become…

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Bristol

…the Second World War, Hitler’s bombs did their worst and post-war planners bulldozed much of what was left.  However, pockets of the medieval city survive, and elegant Georgian terraces can…

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Cambridgeshire

…a wilful and domineering sovereign, Cranmer’s life inevitably involved compromise, and he has attracted criticism for compliance in Henry’s marital and judicial excesses. His end, however, was a noble one….

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Norfolk

…Goat Lane in 1678. Land for a Quaker burial ground in Gildencroft was purchased in 1670, with a second chapel on this site opened in 1698. Gurney Court entrance To…

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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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