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St John’s Hills Road Parish photo archive, Cambridge

Photo Archive for St John's parish

1895

Hand-drawn plan on blue grid paper showing land plots, dimensions, costs, and notes in ink regarding the site of a church.

St John’s 1895 plan for new church

1896

Foundation and Consecration of the new church

A document containing two columns of printed text describing the foundation stone laying ceremony for St John's church.

St John’s 1896

A newspaper clipping from 1896 describing the consecration of St John’s Church on Hills Road in Cambridge.

St John’s 1896

A printed document page from the Ely Diocesan Remembrancer dated May-June 1896, detailing the laying of a church foundation.

St John’s 1896

1897

New Window

A two-column newspaper clipping from 1897 describing the unveiling of a new stained glass window at St John’s Church.

St John’s 1897

A printed newspaper clipping from 1897 describing the financial and construction progress of St John's Church, Cambridge.

St John’s 1897

Stained glass window depicting the Last Supper, divided into five panels by stone tracery with elaborate gothic stonework.

St John’s 1897

1899

Cam Chron 99_5_19_concert

1904

Plans and fund-raising for extension

Appeal Fund Committee

Drawing of possible building

Fund raising prospectus

1905

A grainy print of a church with a gabled facade, pointed windows, and a small round window, flanked by text on a blue panel.

St John’s 1905

1907

Isaacson_baptism

1908

A printed document containing an extract from the St John's parish magazine for May 1908 describing a snowy vestry meeting.

St John’s 1908

1910

1921

A wooden memorial plaque with carved lettering and decorative corners mounted on a brick wall.

Baldock memorial St John’s 1921

1923

Barnsdale_letter

Sepia portrait of a middle-aged man with a white beard, wearing a tweed jacket, necktie, and a sharp vertical red line.

Barnsdale St John’s 1923

Sepia-toned portrait of a woman wearing a dark cap, high white collar, and simple dress, with a vertical crease down the center.

Barnsdale St John’s 1923

1924

Isaacson_confirmation

1925

A tree-lined street leads past a pale stone church with a pointed roof and lancet windows behind a tall hedge in Cambridge.

Blinco Grove pre 1928

A quiet residential street lined with tall trees, featuring a church on the right and terraced houses in the distance.

Blinco Grove pre 1928

A large crowd gathers outdoors amidst wooden scaffolding, with figures in formal attire standing near a central stone block.

St John’s Blinco Grove c.1925

A tree-lined road in 1922 features sidewalks and tall fences with three distant figures walking along the right-hand path.

Hills Avenue c.1925

A street scene in 1925 shows a cyclist on Rock Road, flanked by terraced houses on the left and trees on the right.

Rock Road c.1925

1927

Brown_family Brown_cartoon

1928

Two photographs showing a man cutting the ground with a spade, and a group of people standing by a stone near a wooden crane.

St John’s 1928

Clergy and men stand before a foundation stone under a wooden hoist frame, viewed past the heads of people in the foreground.

St John’s 1928

Three men in suits stand in a grassy area, two of whom lean forward while holding tools over the ground near a white object.

St John’s 1928

1929

Large group of men in suits posing for a photograph in front of a long, single-story building with a tiled roof.

Conference of British Missionary Societies, St John’s Hills Road, Cambridge 24th September 1929

A brick church with a large Gothic traceried window and stone dressings, seen from the corner with leafy trees on the sides.

St John’s 1929

Handwritten document on off-white paper detailing the 1929 consecration of a new addition to St John’s Church, Cambridge.

St John’s 1929

Consecration Service

1930

Large group of males posed in rows outside a building, with four men in formal suits seated in front of rows of boys.

St John’s 1930

Dant_Nunn_wedding

Dant_Nunn_wedding2

1931

Elsworthy History

1933

Brown_membership

Leverett_church_registration

1938

The interior of a church with rows of wooden chairs leading to an altar under a large stained-glass window and stone arch.

St Johns 1938

Rows of wooden chairs face an altar beneath a large arched window with ornate stone tracery in the interior of a church.

St Johns 1938

Red brick church facade with a large traceried Gothic window, stone trim, a central wooden door, and a bench in front.

St Johns 1938

Two historic photographs and text describing the brick St John's Church on Hills Road, showing varying hedge heights.

St Johns 1938

Rows of wooden chairs with rush seats face a sunlit altar decorated with flowers inside a church with a stained glass window.

St Johns 1938

The interior of a church with rows of wooden chairs facing an altar decorated with floral arrangements beneath a large window.

St Johns 1938

1939

A large group of uniformed men with helmets posing in front of a building covered in sandbags, with fire equipment on display.

St Johns 1939

1942

Brown_confirmation

Hooton_confirmation

1945

Ryder_Payne_wedding

1946

Coal and clothing club

Hooton_Brown_wedding

St John’s Boys Bicycle Class

1947

Jary_Retirement

Rev_Jary_retirement

1948

A large group of boys and men in suits posing outside a brick building with arched windows in a 1948 black and white photo.

St Johns 1948

1949

Boys Bible Class

David Sheppard story

1950

A large group of men and boys posed in rows on a lawn in front of a brick church with arched windows.

St Johns 1950

A printed newspaper clipping headlined Funeral of Mr. A. G. Noble listing service details and attendees in narrow columns.

St Johns 1950

A rectangular plaque with light-colored stone and dark engraved lettering commemorating Arthur George Noble, dated 1950.

St Johns 1950

1951

W_E_Cherry-2 Isaacson_christening

Isaacson_christening

1952

dedication organ order

1953

A collage of three black-and-white photos from a 1953 summer fete, showing a man speaking and groups of men standing outdoors.

St Johns 1953

1954

Annotated aerial view of the Rock Estate in 1954 with handwritten labels for streets and landmarks superimposed on the print.

St Johns 1954

Black and white aerial view of a residential neighbourhood with rows of terraced houses, gardens, and straight street lines.

St Johns 1954

Aerial view of residential streets in 1954 Cambridge, showing a nursery with greenhouses and a rectangular tennis court area.

St Johns 1954

1955

Dench_Frost_wedding2

Doe_Burrows_wedding

Knights_Fisher_wedding

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