Open Mon - Fri 10 - 5,
Contact Rev Anthony Hodge, 01904 625186

St Olave's was founded in 1055 by Siward, Earl of Northumbria. He dedicated it to St Olaf, the patron saint of his native Norway. It became the church of the Benedictine order in York, but as the number of monks in that order grew, a bigger church was needed, so St Mary's Abbey was established. St Olave's was heavily damaged during the Civil War in 1644, when Parliamentary soldiers fired cannon from its tower.