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St Olave Silver-street
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"ST. OLAVE, Silver-street, the church of, was situated, before the fire of London, at the south-west corner of Silver-street, Aldersgate, but being consumed by the fire of London, the parish was united by act of parliament to that of St Alban, Wood-street, and the church was not rebuilt." [James Elmes. A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs (1831) - transcribed by Brian Randell]
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This parish - no. 8 in the above map - is located in Aldersgate Ward.
The church was destroyed in 1666 and not rebuilt.
The parish was later united with St Alban Wood Street 1670, St Vedast Foster Lane 1954.
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London Metropolitan Archive holdings for St Olave Silver-street.
"The Anatomizer's Ground" - Uncovering The History Of St Olave's, Silver Street, from the Flickering Lamps website.
Online Parish Register Images and Indexes for St Olave Silver-street parish are provided by, or at various subscription sites via, the LDS FamilySearch wiki.
Non-Church of England denominations identified in St Alban Wood Street with St Olave Silver Street include: Independent/Congregational and Presbyterian [LDS FamilySearch Wiki].
Wikipedia page on St Olave Silver-street.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from St Olave Silver-street to another place.
Summary history of St Olave Silver-street parish, from the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks.
Public Houses, Inns & Taverns of the parish of St Olave Silver-street - provides "information from census records, trade directories, etc."
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TQ323816 (Lat/Lon: 51.517689, -0.094505), St Olave Silver-street which are provided by:
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- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Surnames from the 1881 census in the St Olave Silver Street district.
Clerical career summaries for the parish of (i) St Olave Silver-street and (ii) St Alban Wood Street With St Olave Silver Street, from the Clergy of the Church of England Database website.
Sources for listings of taxpayer names for St Olave Silver-street parish, listed on the LDS FamilySearch wiki.