It originated in an 1894 mission hall opened on the Romford Road by St Mary's Church, Little Ilford.

Initially housed in an iron church, St Michael's moved into a red-brick permanent church by Charles Spooner whose nave and aisles were completed in 1898 and its chancel in 1906.

St Michael's became a separate mission district in 1928 under a priest-in-charge, answerable to a bishop, before taking over as the area's parish church in 1939, with St Mary's as its chapel of ease.

[1][2] This Victorian building was later closed, demolished and replaced by a smaller church on the same site as part of the Froud Centre.

As of 2021, the parish priest is Father Lee Taylor.