St John the Baptist, Hoxton

St John's Hoxton
St John the Baptist with Christ Church, Hoxton
West door of St John's Hoxton
Location	Hoxton, London Borough of Hackney
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of England
Website	stjohnshoxton.org.uk
History
Founder(s)	The Haberdashers' Co.
Architecture
Architect(s)	Francis Edwards
Style	Neoclassical
Administration
Parish	St John the Baptist with Christ Church, Hoxton
Diocese	London
Province	Canterbury
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Richard Chartres (Bishop of London) Adrian Newman (Suffragan Bishop of Stepney)
Vicar(s)	Graham Hunter
Archdeacon	Rachel Treweek (Archdeacon of Hackney)

The Church of St John the Baptist, Hoxton, usually known as St John's Hoxton, is an English urban Anglican parish church in Hoxton, within the London Borough of Hackney.

Nearby is Silicon Roundabout, and also Aske Gardens, named after the parish's major benefactor, City alderman and haberdasher Robert Aske.

Completed in 1826, St John's is a Georgian church in the Classical style, and the only one built to the design of Francis Edwards,Sir John Soane's foremost pupil. The building is a large example of a Commissioners' church, with its original floor plan intact, as well as notable galleries and décor, including a spectacular painted ceiling. This was executed in the early 20th century by the architect Joseph Arthur Reeve.

Built and installed in 1915 by the firm of Thomas Sidwell Jones, the organ is situated in the Choir gallery and retains its original late Georgian wooden case with an elaborate façade displaying the arms of King William IV.

Last restored in 1934 by Henry Speechly & Son, St John's organ is voiced with the following stops:

Dedicated to St John the Baptist, its name preserves the memory of a local priory dissolved by King Henry VIII.

In Victorian London the parish's work was recognised by social campaigners, such as the philanthropist Charles Booth, for its welfare work in a deteriorating inner-city environment. To give opportunities to the "local poor", the first vicar founded what became London's largest savings bank and St John's National Schools which still thrive. Many members of the church became missionaries in Africa and Asia, among them the first Bishop of Chota Nagpur, the Rt Revd Jabez Cornelius Whiteley, whose father was Chaplain to the Haberdashers' Aske's Hospital School formerly located in Pitfield Street.