St Katherine's Church, Plaistow was a

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church on Chapman Road in

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. It opened in 1891 as a mission church of St Mary's Church, Plaistow, using a building that had earlier been used to house the infant department of that church's

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. In 1894 a permanent church was completed. In 1965 it was demolished for redevelopment.

References

''A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6.''
Originally published by

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, London, 1973; Pages 114-123 St Katherine's St Katherine's Former churches in London Former Church of England church buildings Church of England church buildings in Plaistow 19th-century Church of England church buildings {{London-church-stub