St Olave Hart Street, London Genealogy

London St Olave Hart Street ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Timeline

 * 1200s - first mentioned
 * ~1450 - present church building built
 * 1941 - church bombed during London Blitz
 * 1954 - church restored

1831 description
"St Olave Hart Street, the church of, is situated on the south side of Hart Street, Crutched Friars and derives its name and addition from being dedicated to St Olave or Olaus, King of Norway, who, from his strong attachment to the Christian religion, took part with the Christian English, against the pagan Danes. A church stood on this site, dedicated to the same patron, before the year 1319, The present church."

1848 description

St. Olave Hart-street, withSt. Martin, Ironmonger-lane, are pare parishes of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is the Parishioners. They are parishes within the poor-law union of the City of London.

Additional jurisdictions
St Olave Hart Street Parish was part of Tower Ward and Aldgate Ward.

Published histories
A history was published in 1894:


 * Povah, Alfred. The Annals of the Parishes of St. Olave, Hart Street, and Allhallows Staining, in the City of London. Blades East &amp; Blades, 1894. Digitized by Internet Archive.

1541 Subsidy

 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Aldgate Ward - The Parisshe of Saynt Olaveat British History Online

1564 Subsidy

 * St Olave, Hart Street, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/218), Copy:.

1577 Subsidy

 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St Dunstans Mary Barking St Olyves and Allhallowes at Alan H. Nelson website (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252)


 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St Olaues in Hartestrete at Alan H. Nelson website (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252)


 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St Olaues p{ar}ishe at Alan H. Nelson website (perhaps a different St Olave) (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252)


 * St Dunstan in the East, All Hallows Barking, St Olave, Hart Street, and All Hallows Staining, Tower Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252); copy:.
 * St Olave, Hart Street, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252); copy:.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Aldgate Ward - Saint Olave Parisheat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Bridge Ward - St Olaves Parisheat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Tower Ward - St Olaves Parishat British History Online

1589 Subsidy
FamilySearch Digital Library

1621 Subsidy

 * St Olave, Hart Street, Tower Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/501); copy:.



1625 Subsidy

 * St Olave, Hart Street, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/549); copy:.

1645 Subsidy

 * St Olave Hart Street, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/616); copy:.

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Olave Hart Streetat British History Online

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.

Before 1858, St Olave Hart Street fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Archdeaconry of London. In practice, many residents left their wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury from the 1700s through 1858. From 1858 to the present, refer to the Principal Probate Registry.

Go to London Probate Records to find the names of the courts having secondary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Cemetery




A survey of monumental brasses, published 1891, is available online.

A cemetery survey, published in 1894, is available online.

Websites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue
 * St Olave's and St Katharine Cree (official website). Photographs, history, visitor directions.
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