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ward of the

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. It was dedicated to

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, a Norwegian Christian ally of the English king Ethelred II. The church was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt.

History

The first reference to the church, in the twelfth century, refers to it as "St Olave de Mukewellestrate" from its proximity to Monkwell Street.

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described it as "a small thing, without any noteworthy monuments". It was rebuilt in 1609 and repaired 1662, at a cost of £50 7s 6d. It had a small

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, and owned another piece of land for burials in Noble Street, which, from its connection with the

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, was known as the "anatomizer's ground". From 1540 the Barber Surgeons carried out dissections at Monkwell Street for the purpose of anatomical teaching. The church was destroyed in the Great Fire and not rebuilt. Instead the parish was united with that of

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. The site is now a garden, at the end of Noble Street. A late 17th-century tablet marks the spot where it once stood,''London: the City Churches'' Pevsner, N.; Bradley, S. New Haven, Yale, 1998 off

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, near the

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1666 disestablishments in England Churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London and not rebuilt Churches in the City of London Former buildings and structures in the City of London Churches dedicated to Saint Olav in London {{London-Anglican-church-stub