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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Yorkshire (South & West)

…Leonard in Horbury for just two years (1864-66). He composed the well-loved hymn to be sung by the children as they marched up from the mission hall to the mother…

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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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Norfolk

…the North of the city centre is Magdalen Street, with its exotic mixture of Asian restaurants, second-hand shops and ethnic arts emporia. The area has a rather down-at-heel appearance, but…

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Staffordshire

…He was buried in a Saxon church which probably stood on the site of the present cathedral. Approaching Lichfield from any direction we can see four needle-sharp spires pointing to…

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Somerset

…lay-by on the road to Taunton, there is a display describing the raised area in the field beyond, known as the Isle of Athelney, as the probable site of Alfred’s…

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Yorkshire (East Riding)

…the Minster. After Eborius in 314, the next three were Paulinus (627-633), Chad (664-669) and Wilfrid (669-677). These were energetic men whose labours took them to many parts of England….

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ABOUT US

…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

…the Thornhill Park and Ride, is The Kilns, home for over the thirty years to C. S. Lewis (1898-1963). The house lies at the end of a cul-de-sac now called…

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Dorset

Dorset   It is mainly memories of England’s greatest king, Alfred the Great (849-901), that bring us to Dorset. In Saxon times, the county formed part of the kingdom of…

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