Hereford & Worcester

…from the Reformation period were Hugh Latimer (c1481-1555) and John Hooper (1495-1555), but neither has a memorial here. Both men were convinced Protestants and both perished as martyrs to Queen…

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London (South)

…known was William Wilberforce (1759-1833), while the others included John Thornton (1720-1790), his son Henry Thornton (1760-1815), Charles Grant (1746-1823), John Shore (later Lord Teignmouth) (1751-1834), Zachary Macaulay (1768-1838), Granville…

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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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Nottinghamshire

…Pilgrim Fathers, but those worthy gentlemen might not have appreciated that kind of immortality.     STURTON-LE-STEEPLE Village sign, Sturton Sturton calls itself The Town on the Street, but is…

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Durham

…the Anglo-Saxon gloss to the Latin text as Aldred of Chester-le-Street. For the next 113 years, the town became the centre of a vast diocese, but in 995, with Northumbria…

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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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Leicestershire

…Street (LE1 1LA). Unfortunately, this is only accessible during church service times. Robert Hall statue Another Baptist minister, still remembered in Leicester although largely forgotten elsewhere, was Robert Hall (1764-1831),…

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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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Cheshire

…recently been converted into flats. In the eighteen-sixties the headmaster was the Rev. Algernon Grenfell, whose son Wilfrid Grenfell (1865-1940) was born here. As can be imagined from the setting,…

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