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    I Never Knew That About the English

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      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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