Emmanuel Church, Forest Gate

Emmanuel Church, Forest Gate
Emmanuel Church, Forest Gate.
51°32′46.338″N 0°1′34.724″E / 51.54620500°N 0.02631222°E / 51.54620500; 0.02631222Coordinates: 51°32′46.338″N 0°1′34.724″E / 51.54620500°N 0.02631222°E / 51.54620500; 0.02631222
Location	Forest Gate, Newham, London
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of England
Website	Emmanuel Church, Forest Gate
History
Dedication	1852
Administration
Parish	Emmanuel with St Peter's, Upton Cross
Deanery	Newham
Archdeaconry	West Ham
Episcopal area	Barking
Archdiocese	Canterbury
Diocese	Chelmsford

Emmanuel Church, Forest Gate is a Church of England church in Forest Gate, east London.^[1][2] It was built in the Decorated Gothic variant of the neo-Gothic style in 1852 to designs by George Gilbert Scott and a new parish formed for it from parts of All Saints Church, West Ham and St Mary Magdalene's Church, East Ham. A north aisle was added in 1890. Bomb damage from the London Blitz was repaired. It was Grade II listed in 1984.

The church also set up the mission churches of St Saviour's Church, Forest Gate in 1880 and St Mark's Church, Forest Gate (which gained a permanent building between 1893 and 1898 and a parish of its own (using parts of the parishes of Emmanuel and All Saints) in 1894. In 1881 part of its parish was joined with parts of those of All Saints Church, West Ham and St John's Church, Stratford to form a parish for St James' Church, Forest Gate.

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