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

Candy Blackham

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 Olaf House
St Olaf House
St Olaf House
St Olave Church, the capping tower of the turret
The capping tower of the turret, as a water fountain in Tanner Street Gardens
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