stratford church

newham churches, london


Folder: london churches
stratford, east ham, west ham,plaistow, silvertown, canningtown, manor park and forest gate churches in east london

stratford church

24 May 2012 120
there are few memorials in the church,this is to the lawyer james humphreys, +1830

stratford church

24 May 2012 106
costing twice the average, blore's church is fairly solid commissioners' gothic of 1832-4, with most of the ornament concentrated on the spire. the railings are copied from blore railings at leytonstone

stratford church

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the restored railings are copied from blore railings at leytonstone

martyrs' memorial, stratford churchyard

24 May 2012 119
memorial to the many protestants burned here in the reign of mary I, obviously no time to be a rationalist . each side lists those killed. it is dated 1878,designed by j.t.newman,and made of terracotta by johnson and co. of ditchling in sussex

martyrs' memorial, stratford churchyard

24 May 2012 133
in front of blore's 1832 commissioners' church stands a rather spectacular memorial to protestants burned here in the reign of mary I , dated 1878,designed by j.t.newman,and made of terracotta by johnson and co. of ditchling in sussex

martyrs' memorial, stratford churchyard

24 May 2012 144
a rather spectacular memorial to protestants burned here in the reign of mary I , dated 1878,designed by j.t.newman,and made of terracotta by johnson and co. of ditchling in sussex

martyrs' memorial, stratford churchyard

24 May 2012 127
detail from the memorial to protestants burned here in the reign of mary I , dated 1878,designed by j.t.newman,and made of terracotta by johnson and co. of ditchling in sussex

stratford church

24 May 2012 130
terracotta depiction of the burning of protestant martyrs here during bloody mary's reign,from the memorial outside the church erected in 1878. someone seems to have beheaded the catholic troops: symbolic revenge perhaps ?

stratford church

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detail of flying buttress on blore's church of 1832-4 carved with lots of little faces

stratford church

24 May 2012 112
blore's church is good commissioners' gothic of 1832-4, little altered apart from a victorian chancel and an unusually sensitive modern extension.

stratford church

24 May 2012 106
the chancel is an extension of 1884

martyrs' memorial, stratford churchyard

24 May 2012 136
detail of a rather spectacular memorial to the many protestants burned here in the reign of mary I, obviously no time to be a rationalist . each side lists those killed. it is dated 1878,designed by j.t.newman,and made of terracotta by johnson and co. of ditchling in sussex

martyrs' memorial, stratford churchyard

24 May 2012 130
a rather spectacular memorial to protestants burned right here in the reign of mary I , dated 1878,designed by j.t.newman,and made of terracotta by johnson and co. of ditchling in sussex

stratford church

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winged beast roof corbel inside blore's church of 1832-4

stratford church

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cross legged man with club roof corbel inside blore's church of 1832-4

stratford church

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hooded cloaked figure roof corbel inside blore's church of 1832-4

stratford church

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seated man wearing jacobean clothing, roof corbel inside blore's church of 1832-4

stratford church

24 May 2012 128
font and chancel of 1884,nave and aisles by blore, 1832-4

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