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2 Warrington Crescent, London

hamishmacpherson — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:32:11 +0000

2 Warington Crescent. Photography by Adam Bowie

This was the birthplace and childhood home of Alan Turing, pioneer of computer science.

On 23 June 1998, on what would have been Turing’s 86th birthday, Andrew Hodges, his biographer, unveiled an official English Heritage Blue Plaque here.

Visiting

2 Warrington Crescent is now the Colonnade Hotel.

South Farm, Nuneaton

hamishmacpherson — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:31:01 +0000

Novelist George Eliot was born in South Farm in 1819 and lived here for four months before the family moved to nearby Griff House.

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Cleddon Hall, Trellech, Monmouthshire

hamishmacpherson — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:36:47 +0000

Trellech

The birthplace of philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell in 1872.

It was then called ‘Ravenscroft’ and was the country home of Russell’s parents Lord and Lady Amberley.

Visiting

Cleddon Hall is not open to the public. However there are a number of other points of historical interest in the village, including the ‘Lost City of Trellech‘ excavation project, as well as the Trellech Castle motte and other monuments.