Its origins lay in an iron building constructed around 1870 to serve a conventional district.
The church was demolished in 1964 and for two years its congregation worshiped in the Durning Hall Community Centre's chapel until the parish was merged with that of St John's.
[3] A football club, St James' (Forest Gate), possibly a church side, entered the FA Cup in 1885–86.
The club scratched after being drawn to play the Old Harrovians.
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