Capturing Cambridge
  • search
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham

History of St John the Evangelist

Listed Building

Parish church of early C13 chancel, late C13 nave and north aisle and a West Tower inserted into the West bay of the nave. The South wall of the nave, however, is much older, probably C11 or C12 and has a round headed single light window.

Churchyard cross, medieval

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

Elizabeth Hobbs, b 1699 d 1803, is buried in the church yard.

Notable Epitaphs in Cambridgeshire: from Leaflets of Local Lore by Urbs Camboritum (Cambs Collection)

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

The small narrow window is set into a wall more than a metre thick. This south wall is constructed with masonry work typical of the late Saxon period (900-1066).

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

The three wooden figures are holding musical: a shawm, a citole and a book, perhaps a psalter.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

Bier, used to carry coffins.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

A double piscina, blocked up in the 18th century and rediscovered in 2001.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

Share this article

Share on Bluesky

Contribute

Do you have any information about the people or places in this article? If so, then please let us know using the Contact page or by emailing capturingcambridge@museumofcambridge.org.uk.

Licence

This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Dear Visitor,

Thank you for exploring historical Cambridgeshire! We hope you enjoy your visit and, if you do,  would consider making a donation today.

Capturing Cambridge makes accessible thousands of photos and memories of Cambridge and its surrounding villages and towns. It is run by the Museum of Cambridge which, though 90 years old, is one of the most poorly publicly funded local history museums in the UK. It receives no core funding from local or central government nor from the University of Cambridge.

As a result, we are facing a crisis; we have no financial cushion – unlike many other museums in Cambridge – and are facing the need to drastically cut back our operations which could affect our ability to continue to run and develop this groundbreaking local history website.

If Capturing Cambridge matters to you, then the survival of the Museum of the Cambridge should matter as well. If you won’t support the preservation of your heritage, no-one else will! Your support is critical.

If you love Capturing Cambridge, and you are able to, we’d appreciate your support.

Every donation makes a world of difference.

Thank you,
Roger Lilley, Chair of Trustees
Museum of Cambridge