Norfolk

…Congregational Church, founded in 1643 by William Bridge, one of the ministers who drew up the Westminster Confession of Faith (see www.oldmeetinghousechurch.org.uk). Just next to it is the Octagon Chapel,…

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Staffordshire

…inscribed stone near the car park commemorates the event (ST7 3PA). Bourne and Clowes were both men of the Potteries, born near Stoke-on-Trent. As working men – Clowes was a…

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Hertfordshire

…stone, a new plinth and a display board describing the significance of Clarkson’s journey and his subsequent career. A shiny new seat has been provided – perhaps in case others…

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Yorkshire (South & West)

neatly kept Memorial Garden (LS28 5SF) on the site and a wall tablet with his portrait in bronze and also that of a sheep! Encouraged by William Wilberforce, a near…

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Dorset

…being incorporated into the present Sherborne School.   WIMBORNE MINSTER Kin Ethelred brass, Wimborne Minster The Minster of St Cuthburga (BH21 1EB), on the site of a Saxon nunnery, has…

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Somerset

…as curate by Jospeh Alleine (1634-1668), described as being insatiably greedy for the conversion of souls. Alleine was ejected with Newton in 1662, but started itinerant preaching and was imprisoned…

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Yorkshire (East Riding)

Yorkshire (East Riding)   YORK The uniquely splendid Minster, largely intact city walls and a wealth of medieval churches make York the main tourist destination in the north of England….

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…but we have a complementary website for Wales www.waleschristianheritage.org.uk. The guide is about people not buildings. Famous churches and cathedrals are only mentioned if there is an association with a…

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Oxfordshire

…Martyrs’ Memorial, this is one of the oldest museums in the world and, after the British Museum, has probably the best collection of antiquities in Britain. One item in particular…

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