The parish of St. Pauls includes the Olympic Site within its bounds.
Sadexploration has kindly given permission to designate this CM as #2012.
Erected in 1865, the parish church of St Paul serviced the needs of railway men and residents of Hudson Town (named after "The Railway King", George Hudson). Later Hudson was found to have been bribing MP's, the name was dropped and the area became known as Stratford New Town.
The architecture of the original church was by Enoch Bassett Keeling, in "Eclectic Gothic" Style.
It was described as "a rather fanciful fabric of various coloured bricks" in the Handbook to The Environs of London : James Thorne 1876.
An existing Keeling church of this style and era is St. Georges, Campden Hill, W8
This area suffered greatly during the Second World War.
The Map below is a section of the civil defence map for West Ham (1939-1945)
Sadly the church was destroyed in 1945 when a V2 rocket struck nearby Queen Street. (shown on map as a large yellow circle) Queen Street was also obliterated in the attack and no longer exists.
The present church was consecrated in 1953. Although not the prettiest of churches and with a much smaller edifice than the old church, it continues to serve its parishioners.
The current Reverend was the "Hard Hat" vicar to the workmen of the Olympic Site.
St Paul's also houses the Twentieth Newham Scout Group (St Pauls) who are proud to wear the Olympic colours on their scarf.
You are looking for a container half the diameter of a 35mm film can, on the church boundary and placed with kind permission from the Reverend.
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