The Anglican Church of St John the Evangelist (also known as St John's Church) is the parish church of the village of Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire, England.^[1][2] It is a grade II* listed building.^[3]

The church dates from the 12th century,^[3] and around 1160 priests were recorded.^[4] In the early 13th century the tower was added to the small aisled church which had been built in the 12th.^[3] The church was associated with Barnwell Priory until the dissolution of the monasteries.^[4]

The condition of the church deteriorated in the 17th and 18th centuries and attendances fell.^[4] The tower and spire were replaced after collapse in 1821.^[3] Restoration and rebuilding of the chancel was undertaken in 1848,^[4] and it underwent a Victorian restoration by W.M. Fawcett in 1871,^[5] and John Ladds in 1878.^[4]

In 2018 an event, entitled Waterbeach Thread[ed], was held in the church using a variety of clothing and textiles to "draw attention to the impact of clothing on the environment, human trafficking, church life, poverty, and consumerism".^[6]

The parish is within the Diocese of Ely.^[7]

The limestone building has lead and tiled roofs. It has a chancel and three-bay aisle. The tower has a parapet and is supported by buttresses.^[3] In the tower are five bells. The tenor bell is tuned to G# and weighs 7cwt.^[8]

This church contains an electric pipe organ.^[9] The Caen stone pulpit is inlaid with mosaics.^[10]

In the churchyard is a stone cross which acts as a memorial to those from Waterbreach who perished in World War I and World War II.^[11] It also contains 25 war graves related to the nearby RAF Waterbeach.^[12]

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