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St Olave Hart Street - church

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St Olave Hart Street - church

Survived the Great Fire but was so badly damaged in WW2 that for the period 1948 - 54 the congregation used a temporary church in Mark Street.

Samuel Pepys and his wife Elizabeth are buried here and it is here that the Samuel Pepys Club hold a memorial service each year, close to the date of Samuel's death.

Spitalfield's Life have a good post on .

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
St Olave Hart Street - church

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St Olave Parish Hall

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St Olave's Church

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Blackfriars Priory

Blackfriars Priory

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Jewish East End Celebration Society (JEECS)

Jewish East End Celebration Society (JEECS)

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2 memorials
St Dunstan

St Dunstan

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1 memorial
Cardinal John Heenan, Archbishop of Westminster

Cardinal John Heenan, Archbishop of Westminster

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1 memorial
William Kiffin

William Kiffin

Non-conformist minister.  Born in London.  Became rich in the wool trade.  Died in London.  Buried in Bunhill burial ground.

Person, Commerce, Religion

1 memorial