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
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