Canning Town

CHURCH RECORDS

Holy Trinity

Barking Rd
Baptisms 1863-1948
Marriages 1868-1949: ERO

Methodist Chapel
Mary St
Baptisms 1861-1940
Marriages 1914-1940: LMA

Our Lady of Sorrows
(Roman Catholic)

Wilberforce St. / Killip Close
Built 1925 as chapel-of-ease
Closed 1966

St Alban
Vincent St
became:
Malvern College Mission or:
Docklands Settlement or:
Mayflower Family Centre
Name changed in 1930 to St George and St Helena
Baptisms 1894- date
Marriages 1920- date: Not deposited
Burials - allotted area at East London Cemetery Plaistow

St Cedd
Newham Way
Baptisms 1903-1914
Baptisms 1929-1956
Marriages 1922-1952: ERO
Burials - allotted area at East London Cemetery Plaistow
Baptisms 1956- date
Marriages 1952- date: Not deposited
   
Canning Town is situated about 3½ miles east of Whitechapel, adjacent to the river Lea as it enters the Thames at Bow Creek. Originally in the County of Essex, now a district of the modern day borough of Newham.

An industrial and residential area dating from about 1850 built to house the labourers in Victoria Docks, the coal wharves and the shipbuilding works on Bow Creek.

It suffered severe damage during the 2nd World War and has subsequently been largely rebuilt.


St Gabriel
Stephenson St
Baptisms 1879-1940
Marriages 1880-1945: ERO
St Margaret and All Saints
(Roman Catholic)
Barking Rd
Baptisms 1870- date,
Marriages 1871- date: Not deposited

St Matthias
Hermit Rd
Baptisms 1906-1968,
Marriages 1908-1971: ERO
Baptisms 1968- date
Marriages 1971- date: Not deposited

Temperance Hall
Wouldham St
then
Providence Chapel
(Strict Baptist)
Shirley St
Formed 1876
Closed 1917

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
Barking Rd
Marriages 1899-1940: ERO