St Olave's Church, Hart Street

St Olave, Hart Street
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LocationLondon, EC3
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
Websitehttp://www.saintolave.com
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed building
StylePerpendicular Gothic
Years built1450
Specifications
Bells8 – Hung for full circle ringing
Administration
DioceseLondon
ArchdeaconryArchdeaconry of London
DeaneryCity of London Deanery
ParishSt Olave Hart Street

St Olave's Church, Hart Street, is a Church of England church in the City of London, located on the corner of Hart Street and Seething Lane near Fenchurch Street railway station.

John Betjeman described St Olave's as "a country church in the world of Seething Lane."[1] The church is one of the smallest in the city and is one of only a handful of medieval City churches that escaped the Great Fire of London in 1666.[2] In addition to being a local parish church, St Olave's is the Ward Church of the Tower Ward of the City of London.[3]

  1. ^ John Betjeman, City of London Churches (London: Pitkin Publishing, 1993), ISBN 978-0-85372-565-7.
  2. ^ Christopher Hibbert, Benjamin Weinreb, Julia Keay and John Keay, The London Encyclopaedia, 3rd Revised Edition (London: Macmillan, 2008), ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5, pages 802-803.
  3. ^ St. Olave's Church Website Archived 30 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 December 2009.