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by Desconhecido


  DAME JUDI DENCH, popular English actress who now plays ‘M’ in the Bond films, born 1934. So powerful is her presence that she won an Oscar for just eight minutes on screen as Elizabeth I in the film Shakespeare in Love.

  Born in Scarborough

  LORD LEIGHTON (1830–96), sculptor and artist, who became President of the Royal Academy and was the first English artist to be made a peer. He died the day after receiving the honour.

  CHARLES LAUGHTON (1899–1962), actor. In 1934 became the first English actor to be awarded an Oscar, voted Best Actor for The Private Life of Henry VIII.

  SIR BEN KINGSLEY, born Krishna Bhanji in 1943. His father was of Indian descent, and Kingsley won a Best Actor Oscar in 1982 for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi.

  Gazetteer

  Interesting places and locations that can be accessed by the public.

  NT = National Trust (www.nationaltrust.org.uk)

  EH = English Heritage (www.english-heritage.org.uk)

  Map grid references are from Ordnance Survey Landranger Series.

  BEDFORDSHIRE

  Ickwell Green Map 153 ref TL 153 454

  St Mary’s Church, Northill Map 153 ref TL 149 466

  Elstow Abbey Map 153 ref TL 048 474

  Cardington Map 153 ref TL 086 479

  BERKSHIRE

  Windsor Castle, Windsor

  Tel: 020 7766 7300

  www.royalcollection.org.uk

  Shaw House, Church Road, Shaw, Newbury

  Tel: 01635 519804

  www.westberks.gov.uk

  BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

  Bletchley Park Milton Keynes MK3 6EB

  Tel:: 01908 640404

  www.bletchleypark.org.uk

  Jordans Friends Meeting House Welders Lane, Jordans, Nr. Beaconsfield HP9 2SN

  Tel: 01494 675280

  www.quakers-chilterns-area.org.uk

  Milton’s Cottage, Deanway

  Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks HP8 4JH

  Tel: 01494-872313

  www.miltonscottage.org

  Hell Fire Caves, Church Lane

  West Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3AH

  Tel: 01494 533739

  www.hellfirecaves.co.uk

  Hampden House

  Great Hampden, Bucks HP16 9RD

  Tel: 01494 489042

  www.hampdenweddings.com

  Hughenden Manor NT

  High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 4LA

  Tel: 01494 755565

  www.nationaltrust.org.uk

  Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

  81-83 High Street, Great Missenden

  Bucks HP16 0AL

  Tel: 01494 892192

  www.roalddahlmuseum.org

  CAMBRIDGESHIRE

  Kings College Chapel

  Tel: 01223 331212

  www.kings.cam.ac.uk

  CHESHIRE

  Little Moreton Hall NT

  St Oswald’s Lower Peover

  Map 118 ref SJ 743 743

  St Cuthbert’s, Marton

  Map 118 ref SJ 851 680

  Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield

  Cheshire SK11 9DL

  Tel: 01477 571339

  www.jb.man.ac.uk

  CORNWALL

  Tintagel Castle EH

  Tel: 01840 770328

  www.english-heritage.org.uk

  Poldhu Cove, Marconi Monument

  Map 203 ref SW 664 194

  Come-to-Good meeting house

  Map 204 ref SW 814 404

  Carn Brea. Trevithick Birthplace

  Map 203 ref SW 688 415

  Jamaica Inn, Bodmin Moor

  Map 201 ref SX 184 768

  CUMBERLAND

  Rum Story, Lowther Street

  Whitehaven, Cumberland CA28 7DN

  Tel: 01946 592933

  www.rumstory.co.uk

  DERBYSHIRE

  Lea Hurst, Holloway (Private)

  Map 119 ref SK 325 561

  Dethick Farm (Private)

  Map 119 ref SK 327 580

  DEVON

  Hayes Barton Farm (Private)

  Sir Walter Raleigh’s Birthplace

  Map 192 ref SY 052 852

  Buckland Abbey NT

  Yelverton, Devon PL20 6EY

  Tel: 01822 853607

  www.nationaltrust.org.uk

  DORSET

  Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum

  Tolpuddle Dorset DT2 7EH

  Tel: 01305 848 237

  www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk

  Hardy’s Cottage NT

  Higher Bockhampton Dorset DT2 8QJ

  Tel: 01305 262366

  www.nationaltrust.org.uk

  Sherborne Castle

  Cheap Street Sherborne

  Dorset DT9 3PY

  Tel: 01935 813182

  www.sherbornecastle.com

  COUNTY DURHAM

  Oriental Museum

  Elvet Hill Durham DH1 3TH

  Tel: 0191 334 5694

  www.dur.ac.uk/oriental.museum/

  Bede’s World

  Church Bank Jarrow

  Tyne & Wear NE32 3DY

  Tel: 0191 489 2106

  www.bedesworld.co.uk

  ESSEX

  Colchester Castle

  Tel: 01206 282939

  www.colchestermuseums.org.uk

  Little Maplestead Round Church

  Map 168 ref TL825 338

  Wilkin & Sons Limited,

  Tiptree, Essex CO5 0RF

  Tel: 01621-815407

  www.tiptree.com

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE

  Berkeley Castle, Berkeley

  Glos GL13 9BQ

  Tel: 01453 810332

  www.berkeley-castle.com

  Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge

  Glos GL2 7BT

  Tel: 01453 891198

  www.wwt.org.uk

  Cowley Manor, Cowley

  Cheltenham Glos GL53 9NL

  Tel: 01242 870 900

  www.cowleymanor.com

  HAMPSHIRE

  St John’s Winchester Charity,

  32 St John’s South The Broadway

  Winchester SO23 9LN.

  Tel: 01962 854226

  www.cityofwinchester.co.uk

  Westgate Museum, High Street

  Winchester

  Tel: 01962 840 222

  www.winchester.gov.uk

  Gilbert White’s Museum, The Wakes

  Selborne Hants GU34 3JH

  Tel: 01420 511275

  www.gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk

  Jane Austen’s House

  Chawton Hants GU34 1SD

  Tel: 01420 83262

  www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk

  HEREFORDSHIRE

  Holme Lacy

  Hereford HR2 6LP

  Tel: 01432 870 870

  www.warnerleisurehotels.co.uk

  HERTFORDSHIRE

  Brocket Hall

  Welwyn, Herts AL8 7XG

  Tel: 01707 335241

  www.brocket-hall.co.uk

  Apsley Paper Trail Apsley Mills Cottage

  London Road, Apsley

  Hemel Hempstead

  Herts HP3 9RY

  Tel: 0870 950 9272.

  www.thepapertrail.org.uk

  The Rhodes Museum

  South Road Bishop’s Stortford

  Herts CM23 3JG

  Tel: 01279 651746

  www.rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk

  HUNTINGDONSHIRE

  Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse NT

  Ramsey, Hunts PE17 1DH

  Tel: 01480 301494

  www.nationaltrust.org.uk

  Little Gidding Church

  Map 142 ref TL 127 817

  www.littlegiddingchurch.org.uk

  KENT

  Cockle and Winkle Railway

  Tunnel Entrances

  Whitstable end Map 179 ref TR 134 616

  Canterbury end Map 179 ref TR 136 610

  LANCASHIRE

  Cavern Club

  10 Mathew Street Liverpool L2 6RE

  Tel:
0151 236 1965

  www.cavernclub.org/

  Aintree Racecourse

  Ormsirk Road Aintree

  Liverpool L9 5AS

  Tel: 0151 523 2600

  www.aintree.co.uk

  Ruskin Museum Brantwood

  Coniston

  Cumbria LA21 8AD

  Tel: 015394 41396

  www.brantwood.org.uk

  LEICESTERSHIRE

  Belvoir Castle

  Tel: 01476 871000

  www.belvoircastle.com

  LINCOLNSHIRE

  Epworth Old Rectory

  Tel: 01427 872268

  www.epwortholdrectory.org.uk

  MIDDLESEX

  Ealing Studios

  Ealing Green London W5 5EP

  Tel: 020 8567 6655

  www.ealingstudios.co.uk

  Hogarth’s House

  Hogarth Lane London W4 2QN

  Tel: 020 8994 6757

  NORFOLK

  Custom House

  Purfleet Quay King’s Lynn

  Norfolk PE30 1HP

  Tel: 01553 763044

  www.west-norfolk.gov.uk

  NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

  All Saints, Brixworth

  Map 141 ref SP 748 713

  All Saints, Earl’s Barton

  Map 152 ref SP 853 638

  Holy Sepulchre

  Sheep Street Northampton NN1 3NL

  Tel: 01604 754782

  St Peters Northampton

  www.visitchurches.org.uk

  St Mary’s Raunds

  Map 141 ref TL 000 731

  St Peter and St Paul, King’s Sutton

  Map 151 ref SP 498 362

  St Peter’s Lowick

  Map 141 ref TL 810 977

  Canons Ashby NT

  Daventry, Northants NN11 3SD

  Tel: 01327 860044

  www.nationaltrust.org.uk

  NORTHUMBERLAND

  Lindisfarne Castle NT

  Holy Island Northumberland TD15 2SH

  Tel: 01289 389244

  www.nationaltrust.org.uk

  NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

  Edwinstowe and the Major Oak

  Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve

  Edwinstowe Notts NG21 9HN

  Tel: 01623 823202

  www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk

  D. H Lawrence Birthplace Museum

  8a Victoria St. Eastwood, Notts

  Tel: 01773 717353

  www.lawrenceseastwood.co.uk

  OXFORDSHIRE

  Oxford Cathedral

  Christ Church

  Tel: 01865 276155

  www.chch.ox.ac.uk

  Botanical Gardens

  Rose Lane, Oxford OX1 4AZ

  Tel: 01865 286690

  www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk

  Ashmolean Museum

  Beaumont Street

  Oxford OX1 2PH

  Tel: 01865 278000

  www.ashmolean.org

  Broughton Castle

  Banbury,

  Oxon, OX15 5EB

  Tel: 01295 276070

  www.broughtoncastle.com

  RUTLAND

  Normanton Church

  Edith Weston

  Rutland Water

  Tel: 01572 653026.

  www.rutnet.co.uk

  SHROPSHIRE

  Darwin’s Garden, The Mount

  Shrewsbury

  www.darwincountry.org

  SOMERSET

  Glastonbury Abbey

  Magdalene Street

  Glastonbury Somerset BA6 9EL

  Tel: 01458 831631

  www.glastonburyabbey.com

  Glastonbury Tor

  Map 182 ref ST 512 386

  STAFFORDSHIRE

  Abbot’s Bromley

  www.abbotsbromley.com

  SUFFOLK

  Sutton Hoo NT

  Tranmer House Sutton Hoo

  Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 3DJ

  Tel: 01394 389700

  www.nationaltrust.org.uk

  Gainsborough’s House

  46 Gainsborough Street

  Sudbury Suffolk CO10 2EU

  Tel: 01787 372958

  www.gainsborough.org

  SURREY

  Runnymede NT

  Old Windsor Berkshire SL4 2JL

  Tel: 01784 432891

  www.nationaltrust.org.uk

  Chaldon Doom

  Map 187 ref TO 309 557

  SUSSEX

  Battle Abbey EH

  Battle Sussex TN33 0AD

  Tel: 01424 775705

  www.english-heritage.org.uk

  VALE OF THE WHITE HOUSE

  Uffington White Horse NT

  www.nationaltrust.org.uk

  Map 174 ref SU 301 867

  Wayland’s Smithy

  Map 174 ref SU 281 854

  WARWICKSHIRE

  Shakespeare’s Birthplace

  Henley Street, Stratford upon Avon,

  Warks CV37 6QW

  Tel: 01789 204016

  www.shakespeare.org.uk

  Anne Hathaway’s Cottage

  Cottage Lane Shottery CV37 9HH

  Tel: 01789 292 100

  www.shakespeare.org.uk

  Charlecote Park NT

  Warwick, Warks CV35 9ER

  Tel: 01789 470277

  www.nationaltrust.org.uk

  WESTMORLAND

  Levens Hall

  Kendal Westmorland LA8 0PD

  Tel: 015395 60321

  www.levenshall.co.uk

  Kendal Castle

  Westmorland LA9

  Tel: 01539 725620

  WILTSHIRE

  Avebury NT

  Nr Marlborough Wilts SN8 1RF

  Tel: 01672 539250

  www.nationaltrust.org.uk

  Stonehenge

  www.stonehenge.co.uk

  WORCESTERSHIRE

  Elgar’s Birthplace Museum

  Crown East Lane Lower Broadheath,

  Worcs WR2 6RH

  Tel: 01905 333224

  www.elgarfoundation.org

  YORKSHIRE

  Petrifying Well

  High Bridge Knaresborough

  North Yorks HG5 8DD

  Tel: 01423 864600

  www.mothershiptonscave.com/the_petrifying_well.htm

  Whitby Abbey EH

  Whitby North Yorks YO22 4JT

  Tel: 01947 603568

  www.english-heritage.org.uk

  Nostell Priory NT

  Doncaster Road Nostell

  West Yorks WF4 1QE

  Tel: 01924 863892

  www.nationaltrust.org.uk

  Index of People

  The following items may be used as a guide to search for information in the eBook.

  Abrahams, Harold (I)

  Acres, Birt (I)

  Adam, John (I)

  Adams, William (I)

  Addison, Joseph (I)

  Aethelred, King (I)

  Airedale Terrier (I)

  Airey, Sir George (I)

  Alan a Dale (I)

  Alfred the Great (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII)

  Alwyn, William (I)

  Amundsen, Roald (I)

  Arch, Joseph (I), (II)

  Arden, Mary (I)

  Arkwright, Sir Richard (I)

  Arnold, Malcolm (I)

  Arnold, Matthew (I)

  Arnold, Thomas (I)

  Arthur, King (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI)

  Arthur, Prince (I)

  Ashcroft, Dame Peggy (I)

  Ashley-Cooper, Anthony (I)

  Ashmole, Elias (I)

  Aspdin, Joseph (I)

  Astell, Mary (I)

  Astley, Philip (I)

  Athelstan, King (I), (II), (III)

  Atkinson, Rowan (I)

  Atomic Kitten (I)

  Attenborough, Sir Richard (I)

  Austen, Edward (I)

  Austen, Jane (I), (II)

  Austin, Alfred (I)

  Austin, Herbert (I)

  Ayckbourn, Sir Alan (I)

  Ayers, Sir Henry (
I)

  Babington, Anthony (I), (II)

  Bacon, Francis (I)

  Bagnold, Enid (I)

  Baker, Sir Benjamin (I)

  Bakewell, Robert (I), (II)

  Balchin, Nigel (I)

  Baldwin, Stanley (I), (II)

  Bannister, Roger (I)

  Barker, Ronnie (I)

  Barker, Will (I)

  Barratt Browning, Elizabeth (I)

  Barraud, Francis James (I)

  Barrow, Sir John (I)

  Barry, John (I)

  Bates, H. E. (I)

  Battleship (I)

  Baxter, Raymond (I)

  Beatles (I)

  Beaumont, Guillaume (I)

  Becher, Captain Martin (I)

  Bede, Venerable (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)

  Bedford, Anna Duchess of (I)

  Bedford, Duke of (I)

  Beeching, Dr (I)

  Bell, Vanessa (I)

  Bellingham, Alan (I)

  Belloc, Hilaire (I)

  Benson, E. F. (I)

  Berkeley, Lennox (I), (II)

  Berkeley, Lord (I)

  Berry, Agnes (I)

  Berry, Sir John (Jack Hobbs) (I)

  Bessemer, Sir Henry (I)

  Betjemen, Sir John (I)

  Billy J Kramer (I)

  Binet, Alfred (I)

  Binyon, Laurence (I)

  Black, Cilla (I)

  Black Prince (I)

  Blake, William (I)

  Blashford-Snell, John (I)

  Blunt, Anthony (I)

  Boadicea, Queen (I)

  Bogart, Humphrey (I)

  Bonaparte, Lucien (I)

  Bondfield, Margaret (I)

  Boole, George (I)

  Booth, John Wilkes (I)

  Boothby, Thomas (I)

  Borough, Stephen (I)

  Botham, Ian (I)

  Bradley, William (I), (II)

  Bradman, Don (I)

  Bragg, Melvyn (I)

  Breakspear, Nicholas (I)

  Brewer, Revd Dr Ebenezer (I)

  Brewster, William (I)

  Brindley, James (I)

  Brine, James (I)

  Britten, Sir Benjamin (I), (II), (III)

  Brocket, Lord (I)

  Brocklebank, Daniel (I)

  Bron, Eleanor (I), (II)

  Bronte, Anne (I)

  Brooke, Frances (I)

  Brookes, William Penny (I), (II)

  Brooke-Taylor, Tim (I)

  Brooks, Phillips (I)

  Brown, Basil (I)

  Brown, ‘Capability’ (I), (II), (III)

  Brown, Louise (I)

  Brown, Sue (I)

  Browne, Sir Thomas (I)

  Browning, Robert (I)

  Bulmer, Percy (I)

  Bunbury, Sir Charles (I)

  Bunyan, John (I), (II), (III)

  Bunyan, Judith (I)

  Bunyan, Mary (I)

  Burgess, Guy (I)

  Burghersh, Matilda (I)

  Burne-Jones, Georgina (I)

  Burne-Jones, Sir Edward (I)

  Bush, George (I)

  Bush, George W. (I), (II)

  Bute, Lord (I)

  Butt, Sir Cyril (I)

  Byng, Admiral John (I), (II), (III)

  Byrd, William (I)

  Byron, Lord (I)

  Cabot, John (I)

  Caedmon (I), (II)

  Cairncross, John (I)

  Campbell, Donald (I), (II), (III)

 

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