St John the Evangelist's Church, Cambridge

St John the Evangelist's Church, Cambridge
St John the Evangelist's Church, Cambridge
	Archdeaconry of Cambridge
Deanery	Cambridge South Deanery
Parish	St. John the Evangelist, Cherry Hinton
Clergy
Priest in charge	The Revd James Shakespeare
Honorary priest(s)	The Revd Peter Heslam ; The Revd John Hillier
Curate(s)	The Revd Christine Campbell
Laity
Reader(s)	Kate Aylmer

St John the Evangelist's Church is a Church of England parish church located on the junction of Hills Road and Blinco Grove in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

In 2023, the vicar was the Revd James Shakespeare, who had served as curate at this church some years before.^[1]

History

The church was founded in 1892

Peterhouse. In 1893 a retired clergyman, the Reverend John George, offered to serve as curate-in-change on a voluntary basis. He played a significant role in the project to build the new church and he and his wife donated the pulpit to mark their silver wedding anniversary. The first stage of the church building was made usable by the end of 1897 and John George became the first vicar that year, serving until 1903.^[2]

The west end of the church was completed in 1929 during the priesthood of Reverend Patterson Morgan (1927–1938). The choir and clergy vestries were built in 1909. A parish room was built on the South side of the church in 1982 (Canon Frederick Wilkinson, 1975–1988), and extended to form the community rooms and new entrance area in 1995 (Canon Brian Jones, 1989–1997).