Yorkshire (South & West)

…He also wrote the history of the colony, a journal that was lost for many years before being rediscovered in England in the nineteenth century and returned to the United…

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Lincolnshire

…remembered as the spiritual home of worldwide Methodism. Today there is a well-signposted Wesley Trail to all places of interest. Epworth Old Rectory We start at Epworth Old Rectory (DN9…

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Cheshire

…As you enter, an organ in the vestibule, the first ever installed in a Primitive Methodist chapel, is activated automatically to play a welcoming tune. The Sunday School alongside serves…

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Cumbria

…scenes of George Fox‘s labours in that pivotal year in the history of the Society of Friends. The county includes, of course, the incomparable Lake District, for centuries regarded by…

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Essex

…mainly of houses about 500 years old, including the famous Paycocke’s, now owned by the National Trust. The church of St Peter ad Vincula (CO6 1UD) was partly destroyed by…

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Hampshire

…be sung Through every land by every tongue   West Quay Southampton Despite the ravages of wartime bombing, a large section of Southampton’s ancient city wall is still intact along…

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Kent

…Many of Canterbury’s archbishops lie within the cathedral walls. They include two saints from Saxon times, Dunstan and Alphege. Their shrines have gone but they are remembered by inscriptions close…

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Leicestershire

…of the Baptist Missionary Society and Carey is rightly regarded as the founder of the modern Protestant missionary movement. The chapel, along with the rest of Harvey lane, has disappeared…

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Norfolk

…fluted pilasters forming a narrow classical-style entrance leading to a quiet cobbled courtyard. On May 21st 1780, Elizabeth Fry, daughter of John Gurney, was born here, although the family later…

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Staffordshire

…Walsall fighting it out along the way. In typical style, Wesley reflected on the providence of God, in that he was not more seriously hurt, having lost only one flap…

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