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…particular person For general tourist information, visitors should consult www.visitengland.com or www.visitbritain.co.uk. Unfortunately it is not possible to include information on opening times, disabled access or other facilities. Wherever possible,…

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Nottinghamshire

…also has a small museum upstairs devoted to the Pilgrim Fathers. For further information on related locations see www.pilgrimsandprophets.co.uk   SCROOBY Pub sign, Scrooby This is an unexciting name for…

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Norfolk

…the eighteen-year-old George Whitehead in 1654. He was the friend and lieutenant of George Fox and suffered frequent opposition and imprisonment for his beliefs. In 1661 he was imprisoned in…

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Hampshire

…Reformation. Sumner’s memorial is in the retro-choir towards the east end. He was succeeded by Samuel Wilberforce (1805-1873), son of William, emancipator of the slaves. Although best remembered for his…

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Gloucestershire

…eye each other suspiciously. And not without reason; much of the ancient heart of the city has disappeared under twentieth century developments. At the centre, North-, South-, East- and Westgate…

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Shropshire

…on its green. It proudly tells us that the learned and eloquent Baxter was here from 1640 to 1641.   HODNET Hodnet Hall Much of the land round Hodnet is…

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Sussex

…at Oxford, was ordained and spent seven years as curate-in-charge. In 1882, James Hannington was accepted for service with the Church Missionary Society and was sent to East Africa. Setting…

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Kent

…rose-covered cottages, ancient inns and an old bridge. Vincent Perronet (1693-1785) came here as vicar in 1728 and remained for an astonishing fifty-seven years. He was one of John Wesley‘s…

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Bedfordshire

…trace their origins to Bunyan’s ministry.  The Restoration of Charles II in 1660 brought political stability, but little comfort to non-conformists.  Arrested for preaching at a farmhouse in Lower Samsell,…

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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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