Bladon, where Winston Churchill and many members of his family are buried in St. Martin's Churchyard.

 

Boston, namesake of Boston, Mass. , where English religious dissidents were imprisoned before being released and sailing to Leiden to later return to Enland  and sail to  America on the Mayflower, prior home of many Pilgrims who also came to the Massachussetts Bay Colony, and where John Cotton, an early leader of the Massachussetts Puritans preached.

 

Bristol, from which John Cabot sailed on his voyage of discovery in 1497, where the great 19th century iron and steel ships, S.S. Great Britain, Great Western and Great Eastern were designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and where native sons include such notables as William Penn, John Wesley, and Cary Grant.

 

Bletchley Park, where the effort to break the code that German Military used to send encrypted messages was successfully mounted.  It also where german military communications were monitored, decoded and sent on to British and American military units.

 

Cambridge and Cambridge University, birthplace of molecular physics, penicillin and other discoveries in science and letters.

 

 

Colchester, the first Roman town in England.

 

Chartwell, home of WWII British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.

 

Dover, main ferry port from France, played a pivotal role in World War II, observation point for Battle of Britain and evacuation of Dunkerque.

 

Durham, site of historic Norman Durham Cathedral, and a University housed in a Norman castle.  In the 15th century the Prior of the cathedral was John Washington, loyalist to kings of England, a grandfather, many times great, of 18th century George Washington, the general who led the Revolutionary army to defeat a later King George III, and became the first President of the United States.