St Mary the Virgin, Wanstead

It is located on Overton Drive and now shares its parish with Christ Church, Wanstead.

It is the only Grade I listed building in the London Borough of Redbridge.

[1] The parish is first recorded in 1208, but its medieval church was replaced 70 foot to the north by the present building between 1787 and 1790,[2] on a plot donated from his estate by James Tylney-Long.

Its foundation stone was laid on 13 July 1787, followed by a reception at Wanstead House, and it was completed on 24 June 1790, with a consecration ceremony led by Beilby Porteus, bishop of London.

[1] The sculptor Joseph Wilton and the Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Robert Plampin are buried in the churchyard.