St Paul and St Stephen's Church, Gloucester being the architect. The church was consecrated for use on 11 October 1883 by the Bishop of Gloucester. It was built to serve the expanding population but also as a memorial to Robert Raikes on the 100th anniversary of the 1780 Sunday school movement. It was funded by a grant from the Incorporated Church Building Society and donations including a large gift from D.H.D Burr. In total around £6,500 was raised, although this was enough to complete the church two parts of the original design were not fully built including the nave which was stopped two bays short and the
Kenneth Raikes against the touring New Zealanders in 1927, before playing a final first-class match against the MCC in 1929. In his six first-class appearances for Wales, Raikes scored 135 runs at an average of 16.87, with a high score of 50. With the ball, he took 18 wickets at an average of 27.88, with one bowling innings of significance against Ireland in 1925 when he took 7/28 from sixteen overs. He continued to play minor counties cricket for Monmouthshire until 1934, Monmouthshire's final season in the Minor Counties Championship. Raikes made 116 appearances for the county. Kenneth Raikes Kenneth Cochrane Raikes