St. Saviour (Southwark)

roseAgas Map
Engraving of St. Saviour (Southwark) (though presented here with its former dedication, 
                        St. Marie Ouer’s) by Wenceslaus Hollar. Image courtesy of the Folger Digital Image Collection.
Engraving of St. Saviour (Southwark) (though presented here with its former dedication, St. Marie Ouer’s) by Wenceslaus Hollar. Image courtesy of the Folger Digital Image Collection.
St. Saviour (Southwark) dates back at least to 1106. It was originally known as St. Mary Overies, with Overies referring to its being over the Thames, that is, on its southern bank. According to Stow the site became a church in 1106 but was previously a nunnery going back long before the conquest of William I (Stow 1598, sig. Y7r). St. Mary Overies and the parish church adjoining it, St. Mary Magdelen (Southwark), were dissolved in the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The church was then rededicated and renamed St. Saviour, and the new parish also absorbed St. Margaret (Southwark) (Survey of London, Vol. 22).
St. Saviour is visible on the Agas map along New Rents street in Southwark. It is marked with the label S. Mary Owber.
St. Saviour (Southwark) became a cathedral in 1905 and is now known as Southwark Cathedral (Our History). The cathedral is still active and has a website with further information at the following link: https://cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/about/our-history/.

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St. Saviour (Southwark) The Map of Early Modern London, Edition 6.6, edited by Janelle Jenstad, U of Victoria, 30 Jun. 2021, mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/6.6/STSA1.htm. INP.

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St. Saviour (Southwark) The Map of Early Modern London, Edition 6.6. Ed. Janelle Jenstad. Victoria: University of Victoria. Accessed June 30, 2021. mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/6.6/STSA1.htm. INP.

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2021. St. Saviour (Southwark) In J. Jenstad (Ed), The Map of Early Modern London (Edition 6.6). Victoria: University of Victoria. Retrieved from https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/editions/6.6/STSA1.htm. INP.

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Documents relating to St. Saviour, Southwark

Documents relating to St. Mary Magdalen (Southwark)

St. Mary Magdalen (Southwark) was attached to St. Mary Overies and functioned as a parish church from the thirteenth century to the Disolution of the Monastaries. St. Mary Magdalen (Southwark) is not to be confused with Saint Mary Magdalen (Bermondsey), which was a parish church located near Bermondsey Abbey.

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