Kent

…at Cliffsend, erected in the nineteenth century. A few months later Ethelbert accepted the new faith and was baptised and Augustine then travelled to Arles in France to be consecrated…

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Nottinghamshire

…village of Eyam in Derbyshire, came here as rector of St Andrew’s Church (NG22 0DB) in 1670 and remained until his death nearly forty years later. He is buried within…

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Oxfordshire

…Goodwin (1600-1680) was President of Magdalen College at this time and a frequent preacher at the university church of St Mary. In 1720, the young John Wesley arrived at Christ…

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Cumbria

…population than today. It was the start of a movement which gave him a following of some 20,000 Friends in Cumbria alone. To find the place we have to take…

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Wiltshire

…about 1010 a monk called Eilmer built himself wings and jumped from the tower of the abbey – possibly the earliest reference to human flight! Aldhelm and William are depicted…

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Yorkshire (North)

North Yorkshire   WHITBY In 657, the first Abbey of Whitby (then called Streaneshalch) was founded by Hilda (614-680), a great-niece of King Edwin of Northumbria, who as a young…

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Norfolk

now put to other uses, including a bookshop and a puppet theatre. St Peter Hungate at the top of Elm Hill houses a museum of ecclesiastical art, and contains copies…

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Rutland

…he travelled more than two thousand miles on foot in the course of his work, but later he found more congenial methods of transport. His name was Thomas Cook. In…

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Bristol

…paid for entirely by unsolicited donations from his supporters.   The George Muller Museum at 45-47 College Road (BS7 9FG) tells the full story of Muller’s homes, caring for over 10,000…

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