St James Church Alperton

A chapel belonging to the Baptists had been in place since 1828, but Alperton was not made an Anglican parish in its own right until 1904, and had previously been served by St John the Evangelist Church, Wembley.

It was later updated to include a boiler room, and the organ was later replaced, probably by 1929, by another donated item, described as coming from Saint Mark's, Whitechapel in the late 1920s.

At a later stage, a Compton Electronic organ was installed – an electric lighting system was in place by 1930.

[4] By 1989, the now redundant church had been scheduled for demolition, and the London Diocese Fund had earmarked part of the site for a new place of worship, with the remainder to go, by sale or lease, to Bellway homes for redevelopment under Section 46 (Pastoral Scheme), which deals with places of worship that are unsuitable for present needs, and specifies how, when part of a site is sold or leased, the proceeds can then be used to create a new place of worship.

The new church’s mission statement describes it as a multilingual place of worship, and offers services in Tamil, Urdu and Hindi.