St Barnabas' Church, West Silvertown

St Barnabas' Church, West Silvertown was a Church of England church in Silvertown, east London. It was opened in 1882 on Eastwood Road as a mission church of St Mark's Church, Silvertown. In the 1917 Silvertown explosion its chancel and iron hall were destroyed, leaving the church to use temporary buildings until the completion of a new church and the formation of a separate parish for it, both in 1926. The new parish was mainly drawn from St Mark's, though it also took a small part of the parish of St Luke's Church, Canning Town. The vicar of St John's Church, North Woolwich administered it after 1945.[1] The parishes of St John, St Mark and St Barnabas were merged in 1974 to form the parish of North Woolwich with Silvertown.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Powell, W R, ed. (1973), 'West Ham: Churches', in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6, London: Victoria County History, pp. 114–123
  2. ^ "Seax - Catalogue: D/P 512". Retrieved 8 October 2016.

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