St. Olave (Old Jewry)
Agas MapList variant names and spellingsChurch of Saint Olaue in the Iury | Old Jewry | Parish Church of S. Olave | Parish Church of S. Olave Vpwell | Parish Church of S. Olave Vpwell in the Iewrie | Parish Church of S. Olave in the Iewry | Pariſh church of S. Olaue in the Iury. | S. Olaue in the olde Iury | S. Olaues | S. Olave | S. Olaves | Saint Olaues | Saint Olave Vpwell, in the Iewry | Saint Olaves | St. Olave (Old Jewry) | St. Olave Old Jewry | St. Olave, Old Jewry | St. Olaves in the Iewry | pariſh Church of S. Olaue | pariſh church of S. Olaue
St. Olave, Old Jewry was a church located on the west side of Old Jewry in Coleman Street Ward close to its boundary with Cheap Ward (Harben). The 1520 map erroneously locates the church on the east side of Old Jewry (A Map of Tudor London, 1520). It is labelled
St Olave, Jewryon Carlin and Belcher’s 1270 map of London (Carlin and Belcher) and
St Olaveon the 1520 map (A Map of Tudor London, 1520).
The church was repaired in 1608 and 1628 and rebuilt following its destruction in the Great Fire of London in 1666 (Harben). Following the fire, St. Olave, Old Jewry was united to the parishes of St. Martin Pomary, St. Mary (Colechurch), and St. Mildred (Poultry) (Harben). St. Olave, Old Jewry gave its name to the court that surrounds the modern structure, St. Olave’s Court.
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Carlin, Martha, and Victor Belcher.Gazetteer to the c.1270 and c.1520 Maps with Historical Notes.
The British Atlas of Historic Towns. Vol. 3. The City of London From Prehistoric Times to c.1520. Ed. Mary D. Lobel and W.H. Johns. Oxford: Oxford UP in conjunction with The Historic Towns Trust, 1989. Print. [Also available online at British Historic Towns Atlas. Gazetteer part 1. Gazetteer part 2. Gazetteer part 3.]This item is cited in the following documents:
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Harben, Henry A. A Dictionary of London. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1918. [Available digitally from British History Online: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/dictionary-of-london.]This item is cited in the following documents:
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Historical Towns Trust. A Map of Tudor London, 1520. Oxford: Oxford UP in conjunction with The Historic Towns Trust, 1989. Print. [See more information about this map.]This item is cited in the following documents:
