VICTORIA DOCK
Including Custom House and Silvertown

Victoria Docks is a group of 19th century parishes serving the area around the Royal Victoria and Royal Albert Docks.

Custom House, situated about 4 miles east of Whitechapel, is a district of the modern day borough of Newham and gets its name from the custom house which stood on the north side of Victoria Dock. It was developed from about 1880 as a working-class residential area and badly damaged during the 2nd World War.

Silvertown is situated about 4½ miles east of Whitechapel, south of the Royal Victoria and Albert Docks. It is an industrial and residential district first developed about 1850's round the rubber and telegraph works of S.W. Silver and Company - hence the name. It gradually extended along the Thames with an oil refinery, factories and engineering and chemical works. The great 'Silvertown Explosion' occured here in 1917 when about 50 tons of TNT exploded at Brunner Mond's chemical works at West Silvertown.

Church Records:

• St. Luke, Tarling Rd, Victoria Docks
  Baptisms 1875-1953, Marriages 1875-1950 : ERO
  Baptisms 1953- date, Marriages 1950- date : Not deposited
• St. Barnabas, Eastwood Rd, West Silvertown
  Baptisms 1886-1931, Marriages 1919-1968 : ERO
  Baptisms 1931- date, Marriages 1968- date : Not deposited
• St. Mark, Drew Rd, Victoria Docks
  Baptisms 1863-1891, 1895-1945, Marriages 1864-1973 : ERO
  Baptisms 1946-1974 : Not deposited
• St. Matthew, Ethel Rd, Custom House
  Baptisms 1895-1952, Marriages 1919-1952 : ERO
• The Ascension, Baxter Rd, Victoria Docks
  Baptisms 1894-1973, Marriages 1905-1953, Burials 1965-1980 : ERO
  Burials - allotted area at the East London Cemetery, Plaistow
  Baptisms 1973- date, Marriages 1953- date : Not deposited
• St. Anne (Roman Catholic), Berwick Rd, Custom House
  Formed 1899
• St. Mary and St. Edward (Roman Catholic), Newland St, Silvertown
  Built 1887. Closed 1987

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