Stoke Gifford - Parish Church

Parish Church

The local church, St Michael's Church, is influential in running this village, and it is the centre of the community for many of the residents.

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    “When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls, and the stars begin to flicker in the sky,”
    —Mitchell Parish (1901–1993)

    “The church is a sort of hospital for men’s souls, and as full of quackery as the hospital for their bodies. Those who are taken into it live like pensioners in their Retreat or Sailor’s Snug Harbor, where you may see a row of religious cripples sitting outside in sunny weather.”
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