The first reference to a church on this site is to 'St Olave de Mukewellestrate' in the twelfth century,named for King Olave. Destroyed in 1666 by the Great Fire and not rebuilt. Instead the parish was merged with St Alban, Wood Street.
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St Olave Church, Silver Street
We originally questioned the date of this plaque but Melissa Harrison wrote a...
St. Olave’s Silver Street. This churchyard was thrown back and the road widen...
A church has existed on the site since at least Saxon times. Work on the pres...
It was first mentioned in a will of about 960 A.D. In its final medieval form...
