St Olave Silver Street

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St. Olave Silver Street

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Denomination Roman Catholic, Anglican
History
Founded 10th century
Architecture
Demolished 1666

St Olave, Silver Street was a church on the south side of Silver Street, off Wood Street [1] in the Aldersgate ward of the City of London. It was dedicated to St Olaf, a Norwegian Christian ally of the English king Ethelred II. The church was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt.

Aldersgate ward of the City of London

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History

The first reference to the church, in the twelfth century, refers to it as "St Olave de Mukewellestrate" from its proximity to Monkwell Street. [2] John Stow described it as "a small thing, without any noteworthy monuments." [1]

John Stow 16th-century English historian and antiquarian

John Stow was an English historian and antiquarian. He is remembered for his various chronicles of English history, published from 1565 onwards under such titles as The Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles, The Chronicles of England, and The Annales of England; but particularly for his Survey of London. A. L. Rowse has described him as "one of the best historians of that age; indefatigable in the trouble he took, thorough and conscientious, accurate – above all things devoted to truth".

It was rebuilt in 1609 and repaired 1662, at a cost of £50 7s 6d. It had a small churchyard, and owned another piece of land for burials in Noble Street, which was known as the "anatomizer's ground". [3]

The church was destroyed in the Great Fire [4] and not rebuilt. Instead the parish was united with that of St Alban, Wood Street. [1] The site is now a garden, [5] at the end of Noble Street. A late 17th Century tablet marks the spot where it once stood, [6] off London Wall, near the Museum of London.

Great Fire of London disaster in 17th century England

The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London from Sunday, 2 September to Thursday, 6 September 1666. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall. It threatened but did not reach the aristocratic district of Westminster, Charles II's Palace of Whitehall, and most of the suburban slums. It consumed 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, St Paul's Cathedral, and most of the buildings of the City authorities. It is estimated to have destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants.

St Alban, Wood Street Church in London

St Alban's was a church in Wood Street, City of London. It was dedicated to Saint Alban. Of medieval origin, it was rebuilt in 1634, destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, and rebuilt, this time to a Gothic design by Sir Christopher Wren. It was severely damaged by bombing during the Second World War, and the ruins cleared, leaving only the tower.

London Wall ancient wall around London and Londinium

The London Wall was the defensive wall first built by the Romans around Londinium, their strategically important port town on the River Thames in what is now London, England, and subsequently maintained until the 18th century.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Pearce, C.W (1909). Notes on Old London Churches. London: C. Winthrop & Co. p. 229.
  2. ↑ Huelin, G. (1996). Vanished Churches of the City of London. London: Guildhall Library Publications. ISBN   0900422424.
  3. ↑ White, J.G. (1901). The Churches and Chapels of Old London. London. pp. 148–9.
  4. ↑ Hibbert, C; Weinreb, D; Keay ,J (2008). The London Encyclopaedia. London: Pan Macmillan. ISBN   978-1-4050-4924-5.
  5. ↑ The Old Churches of London Cobb,G: London, Batsford, 1942
  6. ↑ London:the City Churches” Pevsner, N; Bradley,S New Haven, Yale, 1998 ISBN   0-300-09655-0

Coordinates: 51°31′02″N0°05′43″W / 51.5173°N 0.0953°W / 51.5173; -0.0953

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