[1] Concerned with the impact new development was having on the traditional English country landscape and the changing face of English buildings as new more modern materials were being adopted, England began to build models of "the traditional face of rural England" in order to preserve its appearance in miniature.
[1] Meticulous research for historical accuracy of landscapes and architecture was undertaken and documented by England; and his process became a standard for other similar projects.
[1][2] A pacifist, England was a conscientious objector and spent World War II working on a farm in Somerset.
[1] In 1954 he moved to Long Wittenham near Didcot, Oxfordshire, England to establish a youth hostel, The Three Poplars, in an old abandoned pub in the village.
[1] After the hostel closed, the project was threatened; but two friends of England purchased a home in what became the Pendon Museum.