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Pilgrims, Baptists and Amazing Country Churches

Gainsborough and West Lindsey have a unique place in Christian and American history as the place from which the ‘Pilgrims’ began their journey, where the English-speaking Baptists began and where key influencers of the First Amendment lived.

This unique tour explores the origins of these movements that changed America and the World, brings you face to face with their friends, and uses some amazing country churches to explore the history of their Faith.

Where? Gainsborough and West Lindsey

Tour provider Pilgrims & Prophets Christian Heritage Tours

Contact and booking

Telephone: 44 (0)7470 366689
Email: adriangray@pilgrimsandprophets.co.uk
Travel Trade Contact: As above

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Pilgrims and Prophets

Itinerary

Itinerary includes Gainsborough, the historic puritan churches of Glentworth and Snarford, the medieval splendour of Stow, the pre-Reformation farmyard church of Coates and Sturton le Steeple which gave birth to separatist leaders John Smyth and John Robinson.

Tour highlights

Visit sites in Gainsborough linked to the Separatists like All Saints Church and the waterfront, and explore the medieval Old Hall where John Wesley loved to preach
Stand on the quayside where the ‘Pilgrims’ left for Holland in 1608
Explore a little ‘farmyard’ church – unchanged since before the Reformation
Meet the friends of John Smyth, Thomas Helwys and the early Baptists – face to face
Venture well off the tourist track into some classic English villages and churches
Visit one of England’s strangest churches – with a couple in a ‘double bed’ where the altar normally might be!
Optional visit to one of Europe’s largest antique markets
For bookings with sufficient advance notice, you can have the tour led by Cambridge-educated historian Adrian Gray, author of the influential book ‘From Here We Changed the World,’ who grew up in the area