Southwark St Olave

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Southwark St Olave was an ancient civil and ecclesiastical parish in Southwark, England. Southwark St Olave and St Thomas replaced the civil parish in 1896. It was abolished in 1904 and absorbed by Bermondsey parish. Southwark St Olave formed part of the ancient Borough of Southwark. Part of its area was split off around 1550 to create Southwark St Thomas, corresponding to the hospital of the Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1773, part of area was used to create Southwark St John Horsleydown.