The Mirror reported that wood taken from the Fairlop Oak was used to make a pulpit in Wanstead Church. A different newspaper also mentioned a sounding board being made.

Denis Keeling, the authority on St Mary's Church, Wanstead, said that as far as he is aware the sounding board on the pulpit is original. The church was built before 1823 so wood from the Fairlop Oak cannot be part of the original fittings. The sounding board was once removed and used as a vestry table but replaced probably around the turn of the last century. The finial was lost, but then re-discovered. A High Street shopkeeper returned it when he realised it was being sought and it is now on the top of the font cover. It could possibly be made from the Oak, however there is no known evidence to support this.