St John the Evangelist, Cinderford
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St John the Evangelist, Cinderford
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 9 Feb 2012
Parish church, dating from 1844. It cost £2694 11 shillings 4 pence to build. A very full history written by a previous vicar is on the parish site http://www.stjohnscinderford.org/page8.html. This details everything from the despair of the Victorian clergy over "the lawlessness and laxity of morals" of the locals and the efforts of local worthies to get land for a church, right up to the replacement of the chancel carpets in 2005.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.812475
Longitude
-2.505328