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St Philip and St James, Whitwell Road, Plaistow
From 1954-55 by J. Harold Gibbons, in an area of housing just north of Barking Road.
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St Mary, Plaistow
A rather grim looking church of 1981 hidden in a corner of the churchyard of a demolished late nineteenth century church.
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St Antony, St Antony’s Road, Forest Gate (Roman Catholic)
A large church of 1884-91 by Pugin & Pugin, very close to West Ham Park. It was attached to a Franciscan monastery whose buildings still remain. There is project underway since 2019 to restore the formerly hidden high altar and sanctuary to its original state
All Saints, Romford Road, Manor Park
A large church near Woodgrange Park Station. It was built in 1886 and designed by A.W. Blomfield. It is now (November 2017) threatened with demolition.
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Emmanuel, Forest Gate
Forest Gate’s town centre church on a busy cross roads. It is by George Gilbert Scott dating from 1850-52. The north aisle was enlarged by W.A Coombs in 1890-91 so that the immediate impression is of a double naved church.
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St Saviour, MacDonald Road, Forest Gate
Originally the church hall. By F.Danby Smith 1904
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St Mary Magdalene, East Ham
In essence a small Norman church but after considerable neglect it was restored by J.T. Micklethwaite 1891-96 and several times subsequently. It is over a mile south of the town centre and the churchyard, which is very large is now a formal nature reserve.
St Chad and St Andrew (Former), St Andrews Road, Plaistow now Universal Church of the Kingdom of God
A James Brooks church of 1868-70. Now used by the Brazillian-originated Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. The church is divided horizontally and vertically. The chancel contains an auditorium for Portuguese language services which are held in parallel with English language services in the nave. The north transept contains a full immersion font and the crossing and south transept stairs and a lift to the upper levels. None of the Anglican fittings survive.
St John the Evangelist, Stratford
On an island site by the old Stratford shopping centre. The churchyard has a giant memorial to protestant martyrs. The church is by Edward Blore from 1832-34, the chancel was added in 1884.
All Saints, Church Street, West Ham
A large church, largely of the 16th century, but some blocked windows over the north aisle arcade shows evidence of an earlier building. A covered walkway links the south door to the street, this was rebuilt in the 19th century. When I visited in 2013 it was derelict but has been restored as part of the project to add vestries, offices, etc to the western end of the south aisle. The church was restored in 1847-1849 by George Dyson and George Gilbert Scott and later in 1892-1894 by C.C. Winmill. There are many monuments, unfortunately, the large ones are part hidden by stored items.
London Churches in photographs 