The Poplar Vestry acquired a plot of land occupied by a house, garden and field. Here was built a parish church with adjoining graveyard and rectory. The church with the rectory immediately to the west were both designed by architect Charles Hollis and built by Thomas Morris, 1822-23. The architect's original scale model is on display in the Church. But see our Hollis page for the puzzling doubt.
For the history of the area between the rectory and East India Dock Road see Newby Place graves monument and the plaque on the Health Centre.
In 1862 the churchyard around the church was closed for burials and was laid out as a garden. In 1893 the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association made the area north of the church a public recreation ground laid out by the Association's landscape gardener Fanny Wilkinson. In 1906 the rest of the churchyard including the area north of the rectory, was opened as a public garden.
WW2 damage in the Blitz and a V2 rocket March 1945 led to a restoration in 1951-3. 1999 the churchyard was re-landscaped.
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At this image is captioned "Newby Place looking north in c1908." The church is the only building left standing.
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