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Book: London Parks and Gardens, 1907
Chapter: Chapter 10 Burial Grounds

St. Olave Hart Street

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Another church which perished in the Fire and was never rebuilt is St. Olave's, Hart Street, but its churchyard remains, and a few large tombs stand in a small garden with seats, where at all times of the year some weary wayfarers are resting. Another such graveyard where the burnt church was not restored is at the corner of Wood Street and Cheapside. The old tree inside the closed railings may have inspired the lark to carol so joyously as to call up the "vision of poor Susan." [St Olave Hart Street is an Anglican church in the City of London, located on Hart Street near Fenchurch Street railway station.The church is one of the smallest in the City and is one of only a handful of medieval City churches that escaped the Great Fire of London in 1666. It is dedicated to the patron saint of Norway, King Olaf II of Norway, who fought alongside the Anglo-Saxon King Ethelred the Unready against the Danes in the Battle of London Bridge in 1014. He was canonised after his death and the church of St Olave's was built apparently on the site of the battle. The Norwegian connection was reinforced during the Second World War when King Haakon VII of Norway worshipped there while in exile. Wikipedia, 2007]