Bradshaw's Hand Book to London, The South, St Olave's Church (No.78)

I left Southwark Cathedral reluctantly, but Mr Bradshaw is encouraging me onwards!

‘..On the opposite side [to Southwark Cathedral] is the Church of St Olave’s, which…gave the appellation of Tooley Street [t’olous] to the long straggling thoroughfare that hence leads to Bermondsey, Horsleydown, and the river-side districts..’. The church was named after Olav Haraldsson, a King of Norway, and was demolished in 1926 as it was redundant. Only the capping turret of the tower remains, in Tanner Street Park, Southwark. St Olaf House is now on the site.

St Olave's, Southwark, 1756 (Wikipedia) — St Olave’s, Southwark, 1756 (Wikipedia)

St Olaf House

The capping tower of the turret of St Olave Church — St Olave Church, the capping tower of the turret

The capping tower of the turret, as a water fountain in Tanner Street Gardens

2 Responses

Candy Blackham

26th October 2014 | Reply

I am pleased I could contribute! The bit of tower is really rather sad, and the new building at London Bridge is likely to remove all feeling of the past very soon but I will see what I can do in future posts. LondonDiary is going to Spain for a few days so there will be a little break.

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Bob Jones - The Lost City of London

26th October 2014 | Reply

THanks for anothet couple of most interesting posts! I’ll confess I didn’t know about the surviving relic of St Olave’s in Tanner Street Park!

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