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St Olave's Church, York
St Olave's Church, York
	The interior of St Olave's church, facing east
	53°57′44.3″N 1°5′20.6″W / 53.962306°N 1.089056°W
OS grid reference	SE 5986 5219
Location	York
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Liberal Anglo-Catholic
Website	www.stolaveschurch.org.uk
History
Dedication	St Olaf
Consecrated	c. 1050
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade I listed
Administration
Province	Province of York
Diocese	Diocese of York
Archdeaconry	York
Deanery	York
Parish	St Olave with St Giles, York
Clergy
Priest in charge	The Reverend Liz Hassall

St Olave's Church, York (pronounced Olive) is a Grade I listed^[1] parish church of the Church of England in York.^[2] It is situated on Marygate, by St Mary's Abbey.

History

St Olave's Church is situated within St Mary's Abbey walls, which was ruined in the Dissolution of the Monasteries. It is dedicated to St Olaf, patron saint of Norway. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for 1055 records that ‘This year died Earl Siward at York; and his body lies in the minster at Galmanho, which he had himself ordered to be built and consecrated, in the name of God and St. Olave, to the honour of God and to all his saints.’^[3]^[4]

Galmanho is a former name for the area where the church stands and Siward, Earl of Northumbria, is believed to have had his York residence. This is the earliest date for a church dedication to St Olaf (Olav in Norwegian) anywhere.^[5]^[6]

St Olave's Church was extensively rebuilt in the 15th century. Substantial repairs were carried out in the 1720s including the insertion of windows in the north aisle, the wall of which had earlier served as part of the abbey and later city defences. The church was restored in 1848 – 1849, and reopened on Wednesday 14 February 1849.^[7]^[8]

The church was again renovated starting in 1887. After a closure of 5 weeks, the church reopened on 2 September 1888. The ceiling of lath and plaster which covered the central aisle of the nave was removed. The pillars, arches and north and west walls were stripped of paint and plaster.^[9] A new chancel was added in 1887–9 by George Fowler Jones, a York architect, and later extended in 1906. This contains the five-light 15th-century east window. Despite these changes the architectural style is broadly 15th century.^[10]

Current parish life

St Olave's has a strong musical tradition, with a large choir and recently restored organ, as well as a ring of six bells hung for change ringing. In addition the orchestra of the Academy of St Olave's performs three concerts each year and plays for one orchestral Mass on Remembrance Sunday. The Sunday sung eucharist is at 10.30 using Common Worship (order one, contemporary language).

Incumbents

Initially referred to as Chaplains, the post was Curate from 1499, and Vicar from 1663.

1389 Thomas
1390 John Kilburn
1300 William de Malton
1432 Thomas Proktoure
1433 Thomas Wright
1437 Robert
1438 William Kirkeby
1445 William Hardy
1445 John Litster
1458 Thomas Dobson
1463 Thomas Eston
1471 John Rudby
1489 Gilbert Baxter
1496 Robert Lelegrave
1499 William Philipson
1522 John Sissotson
1530 Richard Wilkinson
1550 Wilfrid Archer
1571 Robert Sayer
1573 Thomas Bowes
1608 Michael Vascoe
1610 Henry Brinckwell
1619 Henry Moore
1620 John Philliskirk
1634 John Belwood
1663 Thomas Tonge
1673 Walter Blakestone
1679 John Wild
1695 Thomas Moseley
1733 William Dodsworth
1754 William Ellis
1771 William Dade
1790 Ralph Worsley
1848 William Strong
1855 Frederick Bartlett
1877 William Hey
1883 William Croser Hey
1892 William Dodsworth
1905 Charles Bell
1915 Alfred Glover
1928 Walter Hollis
1932 Francis Windley
1946 Eric Denyer
1962 William Griffith
1970 Clifford Barker
1976 James Alan Heslop
1988 Anthony Hodge

Memorials

George Hutchinson (d. 1775)
Michael Loftus (d. 1762)
William Etty (d. 1849)

Burials

Siward, Earl of Northumbria

Organ

The pipe organ was built by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd and dates from 1907. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b Historic England. "Church of St Olave (Grade I) (1257387)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995). The Buildings of England. York and the East Riding. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300095937.
^ The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Part 5 : A.D. 1052 – 1069 [1] The Online Medieval & Classical Library
^ "Siward Earl of Northumbria". English Monarchs. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ "St Olave's, Marygate". Secret York. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ "Galmanho". Secret York. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ "St Olave's Church, Marygate, York". English Churches – North Yorkshire. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ "Restoration of St Olave's Church". Yorkshire Gazette. York. 17 February 1849. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
^ "Re-opening of St Olave's Church". York Herald. York. 3 September 1888. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
^ "Church of St Olave – North Yorkshire". History of York. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ "NPOR [E00971]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 6 May 2015.