Religion
St. Everilda's Church is at the end of Church Lane and to have origins as early as the 7th century. The stained glass in the eastern window and in one of the windows in the south aisle is of late 13th century and early 14th century. St Everilda's Church is named after a 7th-century Saxon saint. It is one of only two churches in the United Kingdom dedicated to this saint. The other is at Everingham some twenty miles to the south-east in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
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Famous quotes containing the word religion:
“Intolerance respecting other people’s religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people’s art.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“You say there is no religion now. ‘Tis like saying in rainy weather, there is no sun, when at that moment we are witnessing one of his superlative effects.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The religion which is to guide and fulfill the present and coming ages, whatever else it be, must be intellectual. The scientific mind must have a faith which is science.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)