Oliver, just wondering if you would have joined in some acrostic wordplay.
I don't do cryptic crosswords, so I'm actually not very aware of that. But despite St John at Hackney being dedicated to St John, too, I don't think 'baptist' is such a great clue, as nearby St John the Baptist is a completely different church:
http://www.rcdow.org.uk/Hackney/
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=st+john+the+baptist&hl=en&ll=51.537927,-0.056471&spn=0.001622,0.003449&sll=51.539956,-0.05579&sspn=0.012972,0.027595&oq=st+john+the+bap&t=m&hq=st+john+the+baptist&fll=51.538261,-0.056139&fspn=0.001622,0.003449&z=18&layer=c&cbll=51.537929,-0.056291&panoid=Eautv8j_xJVN1AGL6Ql0Aw&cbp=12,2.81,,0,-3.36