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In 1896 St Olave was abolished as a civil parish and was combined again with
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was born here in about 1559 and lived here and in a surrounding parish. She is notable because a detailed account of her life was recorded. She died after 1619.
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and was abolished in 1904, with its former area absorbed into the
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The ecclesiastical parish of St Olave was abolished in 1947, and then formed part of
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The parish became, with St John
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replaced the civil parish in 1896. It was abolished in 1904 and absorbed by
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was an ancient civil and ecclesiastical parish on the south bank of the
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