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St Olave Silver Street

City of London, Greater London, England

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  • Get directions London Wall/Noble Street, Barbican, City of London
    City of London, Greater London EC2V 7EE England
    Coordinates: 51.51737, -0.09525
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St Olave Silver Street was a church on the south side of Silver Street, off Wood Street in the Aldersgate ward of the City of London. First referred to in the 12th century, 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. Instead the parish was united with that of St Alban, Wood Street. The site is now a garden, at the end of Noble Street. A late 17th-century tablet marks the spot where it once stood, off London Wall, near the Museum of London.

It had a small churchyard, and owned another piece of land for burials in Noble Street, which, from its connection with the Barber Surgeons, was known as the "anatomizer's ground". From 1540 the Barber Surgeons carried out dissections at Monkwell Street for the purpose of anatomical teaching.
St Olave Silver Street was a church on the south side of Silver Street, off Wood Street in the Aldersgate ward of the City of London. First referred to in the 12th century, 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. Instead the parish was united with that of St Alban, Wood Street. The site is now a garden, at the end of Noble Street. A late 17th-century tablet marks the spot where it once stood, off London Wall, near the Museum of London.

It had a small churchyard, and owned another piece of land for burials in Noble Street, which, from its connection with the Barber Surgeons, was known as the "anatomizer's ground". From 1540 the Barber Surgeons carried out dissections at Monkwell Street for the purpose of anatomical teaching.

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  • Added: 17 Mar 2023
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2773608