St John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore

[4][5] The 1632 church, located nearer to what had become the village centre, was paid for by merchant Sir John Wolstenholme and consecrated by William Laud, then Bishop of London.

[7] The present church is built of Kentish rag and Bath stone, and was designed in an Early Decorated Gothic style by the Surrey architect Henry Clutton.

Gordon was the son of George Hamilton-Gordon, the Earl of Aberdeen, who became Prime Minister two years later; his lordship had also donated £2,000 and would ultimately be buried at the church.

The foundation stone for the new church was laid by the Earl of Aberdeen in the presence of Queen Adelaide, the widow of King William IV.

[12] Burials at the church include the Earl of Aberdeen in a family vault, and writer W. S. Gilbert and his wife Lucy Agnes.