{"id":406,"date":"2015-12-15T09:38:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T09:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/?p=406"},"modified":"2019-03-22T14:12:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T14:12:30","slug":"farnworth-and-kearsley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/?p=406","title":{"rendered":"Farnworth and Kearsley"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The Church of Saint John, Farnworth and Kearsley<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_405\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0480.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-405\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405\" class=\"size-large wp-image-405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0480-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"Saint John, Farnworth &amp; Kearsley.\" width=\"625\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0480-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0480-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0480-768x574.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0480-624x466.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0480.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saint John, Farnworth &amp; Kearsley.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There are 8 bells hung in the tower at Saint John&#8217;s cast by John Taylor and Co of Loughborough and installed in\u00a01954.<\/p>\n<p>The Church was built in 1826 as a Waterloo church, funded on the wave of national triumph following the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, and there has been many modifications and extensions made over the years. The most recent was in 1998 and included roofing, decorating, windows and rewiring. During 2008 the church was used as a location for <em>All The Small Things<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Peals are rung on the bells monthly\u00a0by members of the Lancashire Association.<\/p>\n<h2>About The Bells<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Dedication:<\/strong>\u00a0Saint John The Evangelist<br \/>\n<strong>Bells:<\/strong>\u00a08 bells. Tenor 12-1-8 (626 kg) in\u00a0G<br \/>\n<strong>Association:<\/strong>\u00a0Lancashire Association \/ Bolton Branch<br \/>\n<strong>Practice Night:<\/strong>\u00a0Currently no practice<br \/>\n<strong>Sunday Ringing:<\/strong>\u00a0Currently no regular Sunday ringing<br \/>\n<strong>Address:<\/strong>\u00a0Church Street, Farnworth, Bolton. BL4 8DA<\/p>\n<h2>Visiting The Church<\/h2>\n<p>Saint John&#8217;s&#8217; church is\u00a0at the bottom of Church Street in Farnworth. Although it is possible to park in Church Street, it is quite narrow and difficult to turn round, most regular visiting ringers park in Albert Street which is off Church Road. Albert Street\u00a0is very close to the side entrance in Church Road and has plenty of parking on either side of the road. The Church is also very close to Farnworth railway station.<\/p>\n<p>Find Saint John&#8217;s on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/maps\/place\/St+John+The+Evanglelist+C+Of+E+Church\/@53.5484045,-2.3902174,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x487ba61acef4a77f:0x5d211814e58e1b19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2370.524649563387!2d-2.3902120835835357!3d53.5484012800219!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x487ba61acef4a77f%3A0x5d211814e58e1b19!2sSt+John+The+Evanglelist+C+Of+E+Church!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1553263905910\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of Saint John, Farnworth and Kearsley There are 8 bells hung in the tower at Saint John&#8217;s cast by John Taylor and Co of Loughborough and installed in\u00a01954. The Church was built in 1826 as a Waterloo church, funded on the wave of national triumph following the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lancashire-association","category-ringing","category-towers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1986,"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions\/1986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rayhutchings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}