Gloucestershire

…church itself is small and rectangular, without transepts. A leaflet guides us round, identifying features of interest. On the south side is the font, small like a birdbath, where both…

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Kent

…birthplace We come in search of John Fryth, scholar and Protestant martyr, who was born here in 1503. The son of an innkeeper, he attended Eton and King’s College, Cambridge….

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Lincolnshire

…estuary, it mainly features an industrial complex of docks, factories, chemical works and power stations. However, those on a Pilgrim Fathers pilgrimage may choose to pay a brief visit. In…

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Shropshire

…writer and missionary bishop, who was born at Malpas, just across the border in Cheshire, where his father was vicar, but grew up at Hodnet. On leaving Oxford, Heber became…

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London (North & East)

…missionary.  What he saw of the condition of homeless children transformed his life. Hope Place, Stepney In 1866, he hired a donkey shed in Hope Place, Stepney, for use as…

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Somerset

…gospel among the Jewish diaspora. His first missionary journey took him, so he wrote, to Palestine, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Krimea, Georgia and the Ottoman Empire. In another journey he covered Turkey,…

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Sussex

…exotically extravagant onion-domed palace, the Royal Pavilion. In 1761, the Countess of Huntingdon, always eager to bring the gospel to her aristocratic circle, ordered the building of a chapel in…

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Cambridgeshire

…are others to several of his missionary disciples. In addition to Martyn, Claudius Buchanan, Daniel Corrie, David Brown and Thomas Thomason, who all served in India, are remembered here. The…

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Staffordshire

…school groups are particularly welcome. A small church continues to meet at the chapel, using a room at the back for services. For opening times and further details, consult www.christianheritagecentre.org.uk…

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