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== Religious sites ==
== Religious sites ==
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The ”’Church of St John Lee”’ is a church dedicated to [[St John of Beverley]], reportedly a local hermit and worker of miracles. There was a medieval church, but it was rebuilt in 1818 by [[John Dobson (architect)|John Dobson]] and enlarged by Hicks{{who|date=September 2025}} in 1885. In 1765, Robert Scott, a well-known Northumbrian piper, was marrying Jean Middlemas. Scott used crutches to walk, but on his wedding day he threw his crutches away and walked from the village of [[Wall, Northumberland|Wall]] where he lived, to the church. He walked back again among a group of fellow pipers.<ref name=Rowland>{{cite book
The ”’Church of St John Lee”’ is a church dedicated to [[St John of Beverley]], reportedly a local hermit and worker of miracles. There was a medieval church, but it was rebuilt in 1818 by [[John Dobson (architect)|John Dobson]] and enlarged by Hicks{{who|date=September 2025}} in 1885. In 1765, Robert Scott, a well-known Northumbrian piper, was marrying Jean Middlemas. Scott used crutches to walk, but on his wedding day he threw his crutches away and walked from the village of [[Wall, Northumberland|Wall]] where he lived, to the church. He walked back again among a group of fellow pipers.<ref name=Rowland>{{cite book
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