{"id":6602,"date":"2021-04-21T20:32:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T18:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=6602"},"modified":"2023-11-02T14:03:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:03:13","slug":"history-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/history-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--link_hover_color: #46a843;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1518.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\">\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-slider-container fusion-slider-sc-history fusion-slider-47\" style=\"height:300px; max-width:100%;\" data-id=\"47\" data-full_height=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-slider-47 .flex-direction-nav a {width:25px;height:25px;line-height:25px;font-size:25px;}.fusion-slider-47 .flex-control-paging li a {background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);}.fusion-slider-47 .flex-control-paging li a.flex-active {background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-slider-loading\">Loading...<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tfs-slider flexslider main-flex\" data-slider_width=\"100%\" data-slider_height=\"300px\" data-full_screen=\"1\" data-parallax=\"0\" data-slider_indicator=\"pagination_circles\" data-nav_arrows=\"1\" data-nav_arrow_size=\"25px\" data-nav_box_width=\"25px\" data-nav_box_height=\"25px\" data-slideshow_speed=\"4500\" data-loop=\"1\" data-autoplay=\"1\" data-orderby=\"date\" data-order=\"DESC\" data-animation=\"fade\" data-animation_speed=\"600\" data-typo_sensitivity=\"1\" data-typo_factor=\"1.5\" style=\"max-width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-mute=\"yes\" data-loop=\"yes\" data-autoplay=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content-container slide-content-left\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-font-size:60px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:60;line-height:1.33;\">The former Rose Garden<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(153,153,153,0.4)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-sep-color:#ffffff;--awb-font-size:24px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:24;--minFontSize:24;line-height:1.58;\">Search the now closed ashes memorial garden database<\/h4><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"buttons\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tfs-button-2\"><div style=\"text-align:left;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-3d button-xlarge button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-animated fusion-has-button-gradient\" style=\"--button_bevel_color:#e8e8e8;--button_bevel_color_hover:#7c92ea;--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_border_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#237dd1;--button_border_width-top:3px;--button_border_width-right:3px;--button_border_width-bottom:3px;--button_border_width-left:3px;--button-border-radius-top-left:0;--button-border-radius-top-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:0;--button_gradient_top_color:#5e8be5;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#88d3fc;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#85c7f7;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#67a4bf;--button_typography-font-family:&quot;Cantarell&quot;;--button_typography-font-style:normal;--button_typography-font-weight:700;\" data-animationType=\"zoomInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"0.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/bury\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Search the burial grounds & gardens<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background background-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/maturing-scaled.jpg);max-width:100%;height:300px;filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/maturing-scaled.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');\" data-imgwidth=\"2560\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-mute=\"yes\" data-loop=\"yes\" data-autoplay=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content-container slide-content-left\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-font-size:45px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:45;line-height:1.2;\">Find out who is remembered in our burial grounds<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(68,68,68,0.4)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-sep-color:#ffffff;--awb-font-size:20px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:20;--minFontSize:20;line-height:1.2;\">170 years of history and connection<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"buttons\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tfs-button-1\"><div style=\"text-align:left;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-3d button-xlarge button-custom fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-animated fusion-has-button-gradient\" style=\"--button_bevel_color:#e8e8e8;--button_bevel_color_hover:#7c92ea;--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_border_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#237dd1;--button_border_width-top:3px;--button_border_width-right:3px;--button_border_width-bottom:3px;--button_border_width-left:3px;--button-border-radius-top-left:0;--button-border-radius-top-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:0;--button_gradient_top_color:#5e8be5;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#88d3fc;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#85c7f7;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#67a4bf;--button_typography-font-family:&quot;Cantarell&quot;;--button_typography-font-style:normal;--button_typography-font-weight:700;\" data-animationType=\"zoomInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"0.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/bury\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Search our burial grounds<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background background-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/burial-scaled.jpg);max-width:100%;height:300px;filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/burial-scaled.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');\" data-imgwidth=\"2560\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-mute=\"yes\" data-loop=\"yes\" data-autoplay=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content-container slide-content-left\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-font-size:60px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:60;line-height:1.33;\">Memorials Database<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-6 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-sep-color:#ffffff;--awb-font-size:24px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:24;--minFontSize:24;line-height:1.58;\">Find out who has contributed to the life of our church<\/h4><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"buttons\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tfs-button-1\"><div style=\"text-align:left;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-3d button-xlarge button-custom fusion-button-default button-3 fusion-button-default-span fusion-animated fusion-has-button-gradient\" style=\"--button_bevel_color:#e8e8e8;--button_bevel_color_hover:#7c92ea;--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_border_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#237dd1;--button_border_width-top:3px;--button_border_width-right:3px;--button_border_width-bottom:3px;--button_border_width-left:3px;--button-border-radius-top-left:0;--button-border-radius-top-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:0;--button_gradient_top_color:#5e8be5;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#88d3fc;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#85c7f7;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#67a4bf;--button_typography-font-family:&quot;Cantarell&quot;;--button_typography-font-style:normal;--button_typography-font-weight:700;\" data-animationType=\"zoomInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"0.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/memorial.php\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Search our memorials<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tfs-button-2\"><div style=\"text-align:left;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-3d button-xlarge button-custom fusion-button-default button-4 fusion-button-default-span fusion-animated fusion-has-button-gradient\" style=\"--button_bevel_color:#e8e8e8;--button_bevel_color_hover:#7c92ea;--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_border_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#237dd1;--button_border_width-top:3px;--button_border_width-right:3px;--button_border_width-bottom:3px;--button_border_width-left:3px;--button-border-radius-top-left:0;--button-border-radius-top-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:0;--button_gradient_top_color:#5e8be5;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#88d3fc;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#85c7f7;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#67a4bf;--button_typography-font-family:&quot;Cantarell&quot;;--button_typography-font-style:normal;--button_typography-font-weight:700;\" data-animationType=\"zoomInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"0.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/floodlighting\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Remember someone<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background background-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/warmemorial-scaled.jpg);max-width:100%;height:300px;filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/warmemorial-scaled.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');\" data-imgwidth=\"1920\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-mute=\"yes\" data-loop=\"yes\" data-autoplay=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content-container slide-content-left\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-7 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-sep-color:#ffffff;--awb-font-size:60px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:60;line-height:1.33;\">Our Wedding Album<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-8 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-sep-color:#ffffff;--awb-font-size:24px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:24;--minFontSize:24;line-height:1.58;\">80 years of Weddings at Christ Church<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"buttons\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tfs-button-2\"><div style=\"text-align:left;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-3d button-xlarge 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target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/photos.google.com\/share\/AF1QipN1xjw8b1pObtplxCyWg2Loq9yOqyqQ10RbjmQptb0g4do20nQn0ZvDVKazJ9rIbg?key=ZjRzcjNELTg0QmlTN0JoSzBMQXFYb1MtUnBSNU1B\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">See our Weddings Album<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background background-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/June-and-Norman-Mace-24th-March-1951.jpg);max-width:100%;height:300px;filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/June-and-Norman-Mace-24th-March-1951.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');\" data-imgwidth=\"1233\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1 style=\"--fontSize: 48; line-height: 1.16;\" data-fontsize=\"48\" data-lineheight=\"55.6833px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\">Christ Church history<\/h1>\n<p>Christ Church has had many faithful documenters over the years. Denis Bird and Brian Bridgeman have provided us with an invaluable archive of <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/photos\/tbbQ6j429mCtan6i6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pictures From Christ church&#8217;s past&#8221; <\/a>More recently, Janet French has provided many iconic images of the church and its people.<\/p>\n<p>You can see a selection of historic views of Swindon in our <a title=\"Click here to go to this album. (New Window)\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/photos\/gFVi97eJZPbAGBdu9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swindon Past &amp; Present Album<\/a>. If you can add information to any of the pictures or correct us where we have things wrong then please feel free to use the comment feature under each picture or contact us at <a href=\"mailto:stephen@christchurchswindon.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stephen@christchurchswindon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also search our online database of burials in Christ Church between 1907 &#8211; present.<\/p>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-3d fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-6 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button-border-radius-top-left:0;--button-border-radius-top-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:0;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/bury\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Search the Burial Database<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 28; line-height: 1.36;\" data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"38.0833px\">Commonwealth War Graves<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignleft wp-image-9553 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CWG-Sign-200x148.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CWG-Sign-200x148.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27200%27%20height%3D%27148%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20200%20148%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27200%27%20height%3D%27148%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CWG-Sign-200x148.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CWG-Sign-400x296.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CWG-Sign-600x444.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CWG-Sign-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CWG-Sign-800x592.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CWG-Sign-1200x888.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CWG-Sign-1536x1137.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Christ Church Burial Ground houses the graves of more than 20 servicemen from World War I and II.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/images\/history\/cwgcmap.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to see a map of their locations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Janet French has taken a lead in managing our War Graves liasing the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to ensure those remembered at Christ Church are properly honoured. Janet has worked to produce a list of those remembered here, along with some local research about them.<\/p>\n<p>You can download copies of the information below<\/p>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-3d fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-7 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button-border-radius-top-left:0;--button-border-radius-top-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:0;--button_margin-bottom:20px;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CWGWWI.pdf\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">World War I graves<\/span><\/a><\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-3d fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-8 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button-border-radius-top-left:0;--button-border-radius-top-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:0;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CWGWWII.pdf\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">World War II graves<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h4>A tour of Christ Church<\/h4>\n<p>There are many historic and interesting things to see as you walk around our church. The tour gives you information and pictures of the many memorials and architectural features there. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/tour\/\">Take the Tour<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h4>Christ Church Memorials<\/h4>\n<p>During more than 160 years of its existence, Christ Church has been fortunate to receive both financial and practical support. Many of the decorations, items of furniture, windows, chairs etc have been donated in memory of beloved family members. Often these names represent, in themselves, a historic record of the life of the church.<\/p>\n<p>Following our recent renewal project, we decided to create this searchable record of memorial inscriptions and dedications both to assist in Family genealogy projects but also to act as a permanent record of the gifts and people who have done so much to maintain the Christian presence in Swindon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/memorial.php\">Search the memorial database<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6602","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6602"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11224,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6602\/revisions\/11224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}