Southwark St Olave
| Southwark St Olave Southwark St Olave and St Thomas | |
|---|---|
Southwark St Olave covers most of the left of this 2004 photo | |
| Area | |
| • 1891 | 48 acres (190,000 m2) |
| Population | |
| • 1871 | 3,897 |
| • 1881 | 2,247 |
| • 1891 | 2,159 |
| Density | |
| • 1871 | 81/acre |
| • 1881 | 47/acre |
| • 1891 | 45/acre |
| History | |
| • Origin | Ancient parish |
| • Abolished | 1904 |
| • Succeeded by | Bermondsey |
| Status | Civil parish |
| Today part of | London Borough of Southwark |
Southwark St Olave was an ancient civil and ecclesiastical parish on the south bank of the River Thames, covering the area around where Shard London Bridge now stands in the modern London Borough of Southwark, ultimately named after St. King Olaf II of Norway. The boundaries varied over time, but in general the parish stretched east from London Bridge past Tower Bridge to St Saviour's Dock. Southwark St Olave and St Thomas replaced the civil parish in 1896. It was abolished in 1904 and absorbed by Bermondsey parish.