Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Cocin ya samo asali ne a ƙarni na 12, kuma an haɗa ƙaramin adadin masana'anta daga wannan lokacin a cikin tsarinsa. An gina hasumiyar a wani lokaci da ba a sani ba kafin karni na 15. Ginin sauran cocin ya faru ne a karni na 15 kuma an kammala shi a 1451. A wannan lokacin garin ya yi arziki domin sana'ar sayar da ulu da kuma tufafi. Garin ya lalace sosai da sojojin Lancaster a lokacin War of the Roses
a shekara ta 1461, amma St. John's ya kasance ba shi da lahani. An sake gina kararrawar kararrawa tsakanin kimanin 1680 da 1710. An sake shigar da ciki a cikin karni na 18. A cikin 1856 an sake dawo da shi a cikin al'adar babban coci ta masanin gine-gine na gida Edward Browning, wanda kuma ya yi aiki a wasu majami'u da ke kusa. Akwai ƙarin gyare-gyare a cikin 1867, a cikin 1897<unk>99 lokacin da aka cire kayan ado na Browning a cikin ɗakin majalisa, kuma a cikin 1903, lokacin da aka ƙara wani sacristry. A cikin 1950-1953 an sake gina sashin arewacin arewa, kuma an sabunta bangon hasumiyar. An yi aiki a kan arcade ya zama dole saboda rushewar da aka haifar da rushewar kaburbura a ƙarƙashin su. E. Bowman da Sons ne suka yi wannan aikin. An bayyana cocin a matsayin wanda ba shi da amfani a shekara ta 2003, kuma an sake yin gyare-gyare tun daga wannan lokacin.