{"id":604,"date":"2025-04-07T16:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T16:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.local\/?page_id=604"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:33:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:33:57","slug":"religion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=604","title":{"rendered":"Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"604\" class=\"elementor elementor-604\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af7f9cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"af7f9cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58d39937 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58d39937\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Religion<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54e57758 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"54e57758\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-167d8c24 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"167d8c24\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-027e963 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"027e963\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t <button onclick=\"goBack()\">Go Back<\/button>\r\n\r\n<script>\r\nfunction goBack() {\r\n  window.history.back();\r\n}\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dff2348 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dff2348\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"side\"href=\"https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=1843\">St Helen&#8217;s Churchyard<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3dd13f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3dd13f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a class=\"side\" href=\"https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=2415\">Methodism<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19ffd23b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"19ffd23b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a746071 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a746071\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"173\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/religion\/cross.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-361\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/religion\/cross.jpg 173w, https:\/\/staplefordlocalhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/religion\/cross-163x300.jpg 163w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05c4b25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05c4b25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This section examines the religious history of the parish. The earliest known record dates to the first half of the ninth century, when the cross that now stands in the churchyard was erected. Many years later, following the Norman Conquest, the Domesday Book of 1086 records the presence of a church and a priest.<\/p><p>Until 1534, the church owed allegiance to Rome, but this changed when Henry VIII declared himself Supreme Head of the Church of England. Despite periods of upheaval, Anglicanism remained the dominant faith in Stapleford. St. Helen\u2019s, the mother church, stands at the centre of the parish, while the smaller, more recent St. Luke\u2019s serves the northern end. Roman Catholic worship was re-established in 1933 with the creation of a Mass Centre.<\/p><p>Nonconformity arrived in 1773 with the Methodists, followed in due course by the Baptists, Salvation Army, Plymouth Brethren, and Pentecostal churches.<\/p><p>The 2011 Census recorded that 54% of respondents identified as Christian, 8% as followers of other religions, and 37% as having no religion. Notably, 34 individuals listed their faith as Jedi Knight.<\/p><p>A detailed history of St. Helen\u2019s and St. Luke\u2019s is not provided here, as both have been extensively documented by the Southwell and Nottingham Diocese Church History Project (see [<a href=\"https:\/\/southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk\/stapleford-st-helen\/hintro.php\">link<\/a>] and <a href=\"https:\/\/southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk\/stapleford-st-luke\/hintro.php\">[link]<\/a>). However, certain aspects of parish life not covered by the project will be included.<\/p><p>If you would like your church to be mentioned in this section or wish to suggest amendments to the existing content, please contact us via the footer below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1260edd7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1260edd7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Religion Go Back St Helen&#8217;s Churchyard Methodism This section examines the religious history of the parish. The earliest known record dates to the first half of the ninth century, when the cross that now stands in the churchyard was erected. 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