The church was built between 1758 and 1776 and was built as a chapel of ease of St Peter's Collegiate Church. This was owing to the rapid population growth at the time.

It has a wonderful acoustic and is used for concerts regularly.

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For information about concerts and other special events at St. John's, do visit their Facebook page.

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For more information about the history of this church, Wikipedia has a great page, which also has interesting facts about the church's 1684 Renatus Harris organ.

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Here is information about what's on this Christmas.