{"id":1220,"date":"2023-10-19T06:50:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T06:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/?page_id=1220"},"modified":"2023-10-20T07:47:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T07:47:42","slug":"about-the-church-of-st-john-the-evangelist-slimbridge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/the-benefice-of-slimbridge-and-sharpness-with-purton\/about-the-church-of-st-john-the-evangelist-slimbridge\/","title":{"rendered":"About the church of St John the Evangelist, Slimbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <strong>St John\u2019s the Evangelist Church<\/strong>, <strong>Slimbridge<\/strong>, dates from the early 13th century and is a grade I listed building.<sup>  <\/sup> It has many interesting architectural features inside and out. This is a very important church. David Verey, in his book The Vale and the Forest of Dean, suggests that it is &#8220;Probably the best example in the county of the Early Gothic Style of the C13&#8221;.  In 2018 the church and its grave yard became nationally and internationally renowned for the wire sculptures shown in the picture below &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/slimbirdge-soldiers.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/slimbirdge-soldiers.png 316w, https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/slimbirdge-soldiers-207x300.png 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/soldiers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-137\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> ghostlike sculptures of soldiers who died in World War One were erected  next to their graves in a village cemetery. Sculptor Jackie Lantelli  created them out of chicken wire to mark the 100th anniversary of the  end of the war.  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p> Two of these sculptures can still be seen in the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are stained glass windows which  show medieval, Victorian and modern glass. The modern glass is a window dedicated to the memory of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwt.org.uk\/about-us\/our-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sir Peter Scott, founder of the WWT<\/a> a mile away by the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St John\u2019s the Evangelist Church, Slimbridge, dates from the early 13th century and is a grade I listed building. It has many interesting architectural features inside and out. This is a very important church. David Verey, in his book The Vale and the Forest of Dean, suggests that it is &#8220;Probably the best example in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/the-benefice-of-slimbridge-and-sharpness-with-purton\/about-the-church-of-st-john-the-evangelist-slimbridge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About the church of St John the Evangelist, Slimbridge&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1220"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1240,"href":"https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1220\/revisions\/1240"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heuristika.co.uk\/lfgdiscussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}