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The Parish Church of St. Augustine of Canterbury is an Anglican church in Even Swindon (also known locally as Rodbourne), an area of the town of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The church was built to serve the spiritual needs of people moving to Swindon because of the Great Western Railway Works. The church was designed by W A H Masters, who also designed St Luke's Church, Broad Street, Swindon and St Philip's, Upper Stratton. The current Priest in Charge is Revd Harvey Gibbons. The church is part of a group of three churches - the others are St Barnabas, Gorse Hill and All Saints, Ferndale. The church is in the Diocese of Bristol. ==The beginning== In what is thought to be a former church schoolroom built around 1873, the Rodbourne Cheney District Room became a mission chapel in the early 1880s within the parish of St Mary Rodbourne Cheney. The inventory records that the licence holding Divine Services was acquired on 2 April 1881. The earliest known record of a baptism dates from 1885. The Rev W Mould, vicar of St Mary's and also chaplain to Queen Victoria, found difficulty in covering services at the chapel and made arrangements St Mark's Church (another 'railway' church) to cover services and pastoral work. On 26 October 1904, Rev Henry Harvey was licensed as missionary curate in St Augustine's district. He went on to serve the church in Rodbourne for a total of 29 years, and was made Honorary Chaplain to the Bishop and on completion of 25 years' service, was made an Honorary Canon of Bristol Cathedral. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Augustine's Church, Even Swindon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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