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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Lincolnshire

…another group, led by John Smyth, to meet in the Old Hall. A link between the two congregations was provided by John Robinson (1576-1625), who was probably born at Sturton-le-Steeple,…

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Yorkshire (South & West)

…the talented but tragic Bronte sisters. The Rev. Patrick Bronte was vicar here for forty-one years from 1820 and outlived all of his six children, including the literary trio of…

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Cambridgeshire

…Pembroke included Ridley’s fellow Protestants John Bradford (1510-1555) and John Rogers (c1500-1555), who both perished in the fires of Smithfield during Mary’s reign. Bradford was ordained by Ridley and became…

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Bedfordshire

…his experiences as a curate on the Isle of Wight.  The most famous of these, The Dairyman’s Daughter, was translated into several languages and 2,000,000 copies were printed in his…

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Devon

…in search of the Rev Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924), best known as the author of Onward Christian Soldiers. He was vicar here for forty-three years, but his famous hymn was actually…

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Essex

…winding country roads east of Chelmsford. Our goal is the ancient Saxon chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall (CM0 4PN). In the village, turn right at the King’s Head pub into East…

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London (North & East)

…Pitsea housing estate.  A bronze plaque on Ogilvie House, on the east side, records that Dr Barnado’s first home for boys stood on this site 1870-1970.  The name of an…

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Suffolk

…their memory. In St Mary’s Square (IP33 2AJ), a handsome three-storey Georgian building, now called Swan House, was once the home of the anti-slavery campaigner Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846).   HOXNE…

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