Bedfordshire

…the steep hill (perhaps the Hill Difficulty) on the road to Bedford.  Today, the house is a magnificent roofless ruin, but the setting is sublime and the view, despite the…

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Somerset

Somerset   BATH Bath is now a World Heritage Site and the world makes its way here to see this jewel of Georgian architecture and its Roman predecessor. Visitors come…

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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire   CAMBRIDGE There has been a University at Cambridge since the foundation of Peterhouse College in 1284. Today the colleges – mostly spread along the banks of the sluggish…

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Devon

Devon   PLYMOUTH Mayflower Steps Heavily bombed in World War II, the harbour area of Plymouth has been rebuilt with modern flats, offices, marinas and an impressive aquarium. On the…

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Essex

…of the New World than in the spiritual convictions of the Pilgrims. He was deposed as leader of the community in favour of William Bradford, and his whole family group…

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Lancashire

Fox (1624-1691), founder of the Quakers, who was first brought here in 1652 for preaching and holding meetings. He was back again in 1664, together with his future wife the…

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Buckinghamshire

…north aisle, a First World War memorial window shows Newton in the bottom left-hand corner with two slaves and a ship and Cowper is at the bottom right.  Newton’s pulpit…

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Nottinghamshire

…applauded their commitment to the poor. George Fox (1624-1691) was here in 1649, at the beginning of his preaching career and still groping for the truth. He entered a church,…

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Suffolk

…commission in 1535 sounded the death knell of the monasteries. Today the ruins of the Abbey cover a large area in the historic centre of Bury on the west bank…

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