Saint John s church Little Gidding Cambridgeshire
Little Gidding Church is difficult to find but unforgettable when found It is a secluded place in remote Huntingdonshire countryside which has borne witness to turbulent times over a thousand years with serenity simplicity and peace Nicholas Ferrar and his family formed the first Anglican community here in 1625 after the religious changes of the English Reformation King Charles I visited in 1642 and sought refuge in 1646 The poet T S Eliot visited in 1936 and was moved to reflect upon the Church and its history in the last of his Four Quartets Little Gidding
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