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Church View, DONCASTER, DN10 6AW

Standard EIIR lampbox on post. There is no longer a Post Office in the village.

A modern building alongside the recreation ground.

The 13th century limestone church with its tall early 15th century tower and steeple is Scrooby's most noteworthy building. It was this church that one of the leading "pilgrim fathers" - William Brewster turned his back on ahead of his famous voyage on "The Mayflower" to New England, USA in the autumn of 1620. Brewster is buried in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts.

Scrooby was the home of William Brewster, one of the leaders of the movement, popularly known as The Pilgrim Fathers, which separated itself from the established church and fled first to Leiden Holland 1608 and then to Plymouth New England 1612 on the Mayflower. The oak pew in the picture is referred to as “Brewster’s Pew”. Considering that Brewster was a separatist, the title is probably honorary rather than real. St Wilfrid’s Church fell into disrepair and was restored in 1864. Because of the Pilgrim Fathers interest, Americans bought the old font. As a resident of Scrooby and regular church goer in the 1950s, I was also led to believe that Americans bought the remainder of the old pews in return for funding the repair of the church roof.

The 13th century limestone church with its tall early 15th century tower and steeple is Scrooby's most noteworthy building. It was this church that one of the leading "pilgrim fathers" - William Brewster turned his back on ahead of his famous voyage on "The Mayflower" to New England, USA in the autumn of 1620. Brewster is buried in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. The gravestone to the left is that of Henry and Hannah Burtwistle who died in 1903 and 1909 respectively: "Not our will, but thine O Lord".