Essex

times but may incorporate parts of the building that Spurgeon knew. The Spurgeon grandparents are buried in the churchyard but the headstone is in poor condition and hard to read….

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Bristol

…Broadmead is the New Room, officially No 36 Horsefair (BS1 3JE).  The name is inappropriate, since it is actually the oldest Methodist building in the world, dating from the start of…

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Devon

…a network of streets from Tudor times has been preserved, and we can visit the Elizabethan House and Garden in New Street. New Street, Plymouth For a few days in…

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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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Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire   BEDFORD Many places in England have forgotten their spiritual heritage, but Bedford remembers its most famous son, John Bunyan (1628-1688).  Sometimes it is hard to avoid him.  Perhaps…

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Durham

…wise and gifted Theodore of Tarsus as the new Archbishop of Canterbury. On other visits he brought books, vestments and artistic treasures to equip his new foundations at Wearmouth and

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London (North & East)

…heed the prophet’s call to preach the good news to the poor.  Two men from the Victorian period stand out – William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, and Thomas…

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Nottinghamshire

…building which now houses the Lace Market Theatre, in Halifax Place off Pilcher Gate (NG1 1QN). Booth received a rudimentary education but, due to his father’s financial problems, he had…

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Hereford & Worcester

Hereford & Worcester   WORCESTER Worcester Cathedral and River Severn The view of Worcester Cathedral as a backdrop to the county cricket ground, with the river Severn running by, forms…

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Staffordshire

the birthplace of Samuel Johnson, whose father owned a bookshop on the corner of the Market Place. Johnson worked for a time as a teacher here and then set off…

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