{"id":349,"date":"2024-07-17T10:33:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T09:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visiontank.net\/brightwaters\/?page_id=349"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:09:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:09:59","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/","title":{"rendered":"St Nicholas, Steventon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The church community plays an active part in local community life, including Steventon Players, Singers, and Strummers. There is an annual village f\u00eate, monthly coffee mornings, and seniors\u2019 Christmas lunch. The boundary between \u2018church\u2019 and \u2018village\u2019 activity is often hard to discern. To nurture the Jane Austen heritage, villagers meet and greet many visitors to the church, encouraging community involvement. In 2025, the church and village\u00a0 commemorated the 250th anniversary of her birth with a festival of various events raising funds for the church and drawing church and village closely together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-orange-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/whats-on\/our-services\/\">Our Services<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The church community plays an active part in local community life, including Steventon Players, Singers, and Strummers. There is an annual village f\u00eate, monthly coffee mornings, and seniors\u2019 Christmas lunch. The boundary between \u2018church\u2019 and \u2018village\u2019 activity is often hard to discern. To nurture the Jane Austen heritage, villagers meet and greet many visitors to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1575,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-349","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>St Nicholas, Steventon - St Nicholas&#039;, Steventon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A lively, vibrant Anglican church for the whole village of Overton. The church is made up of people at all stages on the faith journey and all ages and backgrounds.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"St Nicholas, Steventon - St Nicholas&#039;, Steventon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A lively, vibrant Anglican church for the whole village of Overton. The church is made up of people at all stages on the faith journey and all ages and backgrounds.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"St Nicholas&#039;, Steventon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-02T16:09:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/stNicholasSide-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"975\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"547\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/\",\"name\":\"St Nicholas, Steventon - St Nicholas&#039;, Steventon\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/stNicholasSide-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-17T09:33:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-02T16:09:59+00:00\",\"description\":\"A lively, vibrant Anglican church for the whole village of Overton. The church is made up of people at all stages on the faith journey and all ages and backgrounds.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/stNicholasSide-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/stNicholasSide-1.jpg\",\"width\":975,\"height\":547},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"St Nicholas, Steventon\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/\",\"name\":\"St Mary\u2019s Overton\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#organization\",\"name\":\"St Mary\u2019s Overton\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-marys\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/cropped-overton_logo_icon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-marys\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/cropped-overton_logo_icon.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"St Mary\u2019s Overton\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"St Nicholas, Steventon - St Nicholas&#039;, Steventon","description":"A lively, vibrant Anglican church for the whole village of Overton. The church is made up of people at all stages on the faith journey and all ages and backgrounds.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"St Nicholas, Steventon - St Nicholas&#039;, Steventon","og_description":"A lively, vibrant Anglican church for the whole village of Overton. The church is made up of people at all stages on the faith journey and all ages and backgrounds.","og_url":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/","og_site_name":"St Nicholas&#039;, Steventon","article_modified_time":"2026-02-02T16:09:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":975,"height":547,"url":"http:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/stNicholasSide-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/","url":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/","name":"St Nicholas, Steventon - St Nicholas&#039;, Steventon","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/stNicholasSide-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-17T09:33:18+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-02T16:09:59+00:00","description":"A lively, vibrant Anglican church for the whole village of Overton. The church is made up of people at all stages on the faith journey and all ages and backgrounds.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/stNicholasSide-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/stNicholasSide-1.jpg","width":975,"height":547},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"St Nicholas, Steventon"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#website","url":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/","name":"St Mary\u2019s Overton","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#organization","name":"St Mary\u2019s Overton","url":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-marys\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/cropped-overton_logo_icon.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-marys\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/cropped-overton_logo_icon.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"St Mary\u2019s Overton"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1664,"href":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349\/revisions\/1664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-nicholas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}