Southwark St Olave

Southwark St Olave
Southwark St Olave and St Thomas
Southwark St Olave covered most of the left of this 2004 photo, taken looking west with St Saviour's Dock above the barges at the bottom and London Bridge at the top
Southwark St Olave covers most of the left of this 2004 photo

Area
 • 189148 acres (190,000 m2)
Population
 • 18713,897
 • 18812,247
 • 18912,159
Density
 • 187181/acre
 • 188147/acre
 • 189145/acre
History
 • OriginAncient parish
 • Abolished1904
 • Succeeded byBermondsey
StatusCivil parish
Today part ofLondon Borough of Southwark

Southwark St Olave was an ancient civil and ecclesiastical parish on the south bank of the River Thames, covering the area around where Shard London Bridge now stands in the modern London Borough of Southwark, ultimately named after St. King Olaf II of Norway. The boundaries varied over time, but in general the parish stretched east from London Bridge past Tower Bridge to St Saviour's Dock. Southwark St Olave and St Thomas replaced the civil parish in 1896. It was abolished in 1904 and absorbed by Bermondsey parish.