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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