St Barnabas ' Church , West Silvertown was a Church of England church in Silvertown , east London . It was opened in 1882 on Eastwood Road as a mission church of St Mark 's Church , Silvertown . In the 1917 Silvertown explosion its chancel and iron hall were destroyed , leaving the church to use temporary buildings until the completion of a new church and the formation of a separate parish for it , both in 1926 . The new parish was mainly drawn from St Mark 's , though it also took a small part of the parish of St Luke 's Church , Canning Town . The vicar of St John 's Church , North Woolwich administered it after 1945 . The parishes of St John , St Mark and St Barnabas were merged in 1974 to form the parish of North Woolwich with Silvertown
Silvertown explosion
Silvertown explosion
St Barnabas' Church, West Silvertown