Religion
There are two churches in Darcy Lever, Banker St Wesleyan Methodist and St Stephen and All Martyrs Church of England, Lever Bridge, Darcy Lever. St Stephen was founded in 1844 and has a graveyard. The Wesleyan Methodist was opened for services in 1848 and the present chapel was built in 1850. There was a secession between 1882 and 1885
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“It is manifest therefore that they who have sovereign power, are immediate rulers of the church under Christ, and all others but subordinate to them. If that were not, but kings should command one thing upon pain of death, and priests another upon pain of damnation, it would be impossible that peace and religion should stand together.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)
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—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Their religion was sweetness and peace amidst toil and tears.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)