The Gallery
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The picture shows Andrew Bayning, to whom, with his brother Paul, there is a memorial in St Olave's.
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O Lord hear our prayer.
The picture shows Andrew Bayning, to whom, with his brother Paul, there is a memorial in St Olave's.
Paul Bayning
Paul Bayning and his brother Andrew opened up trading in the Levant in the 16th and 17th centuries. They established almshouses in the parish of St Olave's.
Elizabeth Pepys
Elizabeth Pepys. Elizabeth was the long suffering wife of samuel Pepys. They married young and for love. She was 15 and he 22 years old. She died after 14 years of marriage after a visit to France.
Trinitytide service
The Master, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh and the Right Rev'd Sandy Millar at the Trinitytide service of the Corporation of Trinity House.
Postcard
Postcard of St Olave's history and parish recently discovered. Artist unknown - if you have any knowledge please inform us.
Pepys
There are several portraits of Samuel Pepys . This is the one that resides both in the church and the National Gallery.
Pulpit angel
A detail from the pulpit moved here from the old St Benets in Gracechurch St.
War damage in the City
War damage 1940/1. Example of the destruction of those days. Watling St. and St Paul's in the background.
The Ghastly Grim
The old gateway in to the graveyard. Dickens named it the St Ghastly Grim - his favourite churchyard; to be visited in thunder storms when the lightning lit up the skulls with sudden and vivid effect.
