Description
Plaistow, a chapelry in Bromley parish, Kent, with a station on the S.E.R. 10 miles from London. It was constituted in 1863. Post town, Bromley. Population, 4186. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church was built in 1864, and is in the Decorated English style. A chancel was added in 1881, and the building was again enlarged in 1890.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
