Gastard St John the Baptist

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thank you for your support for St John The Baptist Church, Gastard.
Without your generous donations, our church would not be able to continue our work and mission.

We are part of the Corsham and Lacock Team of Churches, led by the Revd Dr. Andrew Johnson, which includes Corsham, Neston, Gastard Lacock and Bowden Hill.
We have a small but vibrant congregation running and maintaining the church for the people of Gastard and surrounding areas, and we hope and pray that our church will still be here for future generations.

More details, and information about current events and regular services can be found on our website gastardchurch.org.uk.

St. John the Baptist (Gastard) is one of 5 Churches in the team ministry. The others are St. Bartholomew (Corsham), St. Cyriac (Lacock),  St. Anne (Bowden Hill) and St. Philip and St. James (Neston). 

On Sir Thomas Fowler's death in the Boer War it was his resolute (somewhat eccentric) sister Jean who for many years managed Gastard House and estate. Whatever her strengths and shortcomings may have been, one action must stand as a lasting tribute: she made possible the erection of St John the Baptist Church, Gastard. Motivated by Christian zeal and a desire to build a memorial to her father, Sir Robert Nicholas, and her brother Sir Thomas, she and her family generously supplemented the nucleus of money obtained from fund raising efforts in the village.

She also donated the plot of land on which the church was erected. On Thursday, 11th July 1912, in the presence of a large company, the formal ceremony of laying the foundation stone took place. Miss Jean Fowler herself laid the cornerstone bearing the date 1912.