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St. Wilfrid’s Church holds an important place in the early history of the English Separatist movement, from which the Pilgrims eventually emerged. Though a quiet parish church in the village of Scrooby, its story is closely connected to the struggle for religious freedom that would ultimately lead to the founding of Plymouth Colony in New England. During the late sixteenth Read more...
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See the only remaining section of Scrooby Manor House where postmaster William Brewster lived, and where the Separatists organized their church in 1606. This is the church that the future Baptist, Thomas Helwys, sacrificially assisted in their escape to Holland. In 1620, many of these Pilgrims would come to the New World on the Mayflower ship. Copyrighted and used by permission from Read more...