The entrance to St Olave Hart Street
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The entrance to St Olave Hart Street
Image: © Marathon Taken: 27 Jul 2011
Seen across Seething Lane is the macabre 1658 entrance arch to the churchyard of St Olave. Charles Dickens was so taken with the grinning skulls that he included the church in his Uncommon Traveller, renaming it "St Ghastly Grim". The present church dates from about 1450. It survived the Great Fire but was gutted in 1941 during the Blitz. It was restored between 1948 and 1954. For a much fuller description see http://hidden-london.com/the-guide/st-olave-hart-street/
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