Sunlight hits the south side of a stone church with a battlemented tower, stone-mullioned windows, and a porch in a graveyard.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham

History of St John the Evangelist

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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

A stone church with a crenellated tower and arched windows sits in a grassy churchyard under a clear, late-afternoon sky.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

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

A printed page featuring a drawing of figures by a gravestone, accompanied by columns of text about local historical epitaphs.

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

Stained glass window depicting an ascending figure surrounded by angels, with figures in colourful robes gazing upwards below.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

Stained glass window in three lights with repeating geometric red and blue tracery containing white foliate patterns.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

Interior of a church with wooden pews, a dark exposed timber roof, a carved pulpit, and a stained glass window at the far end.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

Two large arched stained-glass windows flank a small, deep-set rectangular window on a plain, textured plaster church wall.

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).

A white rectangular information plaque with black hand-lettered text explaining the history of church roof carvings.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

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

A dark, weathered wooden carving of a figure with curly hair holding a stringed instrument against a plain wall.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

A dark, weathered wooden carving of a person standing on a rough pillar, mounted in the corner of a light-colored wall.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

A dark, carved wooden figure of a person standing in a corner, wearing a long coat and a cap with hair visible underneath.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

A wooden bier with four thin spoked metal wheels and a flat platform sits on a stone floor against a plastered wall.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

Bier, used to carry coffins.

An arched stone recess with a central pillar in a wall, containing a small wooden cross standing on a ledge.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

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

A weathered, lichen-covered gravestone commemorating James and Susan Layton stands in a grassy churchyard with trees behind.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

A weathered, mossy gravestone for Rebecka Chapman in a churchyard, set against a background of other old stone markers.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

A weathered, mossy gravestone with faintly carved lettering stands in a grassy churchyard scattered with autumn leaves.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

Weathered sandstone headstone with the inscription Sacred to the memory of William Wild, who died April 29th, 1859.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

Weathered sandstone gravestone with a carved dove and text commemorating Sarah Wild, who died in April 1820 aged 18 years.

St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

Building dates

Built 1200–1240

Source for this date

Built 1200–1240: Listed building: early C13 (grade II*)

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Little Wilbraham

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