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In 1408 a chapel dedicated to St. Sebastian was already mentioned. In 1449 the church was enlarged. In 1544 Ilpendam had a parish church. As a result of the Eighty Years' War the church was largely destroyed. Remains from the old church are the roguish statues in the choir closure. During the Reformation the church was transferred to the Dutch Reformed Church. A definitive reconstruction took place in 1656. The church then got its current form. In the years 1723, 1850, 1922, 1946 and 1984 the church was restored. The last major maintenance took place in 2004/2005.

Reformed Church and tower, situated on a churchyard. Simple church building from 1757 with built-in west tower. In the church 17th century pulpit, baptismal fence and four pews, one 17th century and three 18th century gravestones. Two-manual organ made in 1891 by Bakker and Timmenga. In the roof turret hangs a clock by F. Haetiser, 1546, diameter 101 cm. Mechanical tower clock G. Delouche, Paris.

Reformed Church. Single-nave building, 15th? with built-in late Romanesque tower. Against the east wall an extension with burial vault of the Du Peyrou family; alliance coat of arms in the facade, 18th. Baptismal fence 17th, copper baptismal arch 1729. Pew, 18th, Epitaph, 1785. Gravestones, 16-17th. Copper chandelier and three copper candle arms, 18th. Organ with main work and secondary work, made in 1876 by P. Flaes. Bell frame with clock by François and Pieter Hemony, 1650, diam. 107.5 cm. Mechanical tower clock by Eijsbouts, 1934, with electric winding.

Reformed church. Elongated octagonal hall building from 1812, with blocked pilasters, pointed arch windows and roof turret. 17th century oak pulpit, organ from the first half of the 19th century, gravestones from 1820-1845.

This church is listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.

The hall church from 1906 has a wooden facade tower with a constricted spire on the north side An extension was built on the south side. The organ from 1869 was made by Adema and is a national monument because it has been preserved in its original state. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Reformed Church and tower on spacious churchyard. Small church rebuilt in 1850 in a characteristic style for that period with plaster window frames and plastered fields above. Brick saddle roof tower with low extended staircase tower; tower vault on sandstone corbels. Epitaph from 1550 in the tower portal. 17th century pulpit tub carved into the church; younger rear bulkhead and sounding board. An 18th century gravestone and a bell from 1629 in the tower. Organ from 1889, wind chest by the Gebr. Franssen, partly older pipework.

Dutch Reformed Church. Beautifully situated on the wooded Noordberg, single-nave late Gothic village church with narrow tower and three-sided closed choir (1517-1519), which is higher than the nave. Disturbing transept arm (1859) on the south side. Bell frame with bell by Petit and Fritsen, 1905, diam. 51.8 cm.

Dutch Reformed Church. Consisting of the choir of the late 15th century Lambertus Church, destroyed in 1587. Closed on three sides, provided with buttresses, pointed arch windows, slate saddle roof with roof turret, in which bell from 1668 by P. Hemony. The church restored in 1963. Double copper eight-light crown, cast by Borghart in Den Bosch in 1794; tombstone from 1561 for "frater Thomas de Berhey". Bell frame with bell by Pieter Hemony, 1668, diam. 56.5 cm.

Reformed church, built in 1812, rebuilt in 1861. Simple brick hall church in plan an elongated octagon, closed on three sides on the north and south sides, with a small tower on the roof. In the west wall a memorial stone for the foundation. The church has an oak pulpit with hourglass holder and copper lectern, all 18th century. Oak bell frame, 1813, with bell by anonymous founder, ca. 1812-1830.