Tower details: London, City of London, S Olave, Hart Street

Place	London, Hart Street S Olave Shown in county lists as London, S Olave
Lieutenancy area	City of London
Country	England
Historic county	Middlesex
Dove tower ID	12986
Rings	8 (full-circle ring), tenor 11–3–20 in GSee below Other bellsSee below
Frames	2See below
Grid reference	TQ333808
Latitude & longitude	51.51084, -0.07963View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long	No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode	EC3R 7NB
Diocese	London
Church	Church of England
Listed grade	I by Historic England
Church heritage record	7579
URLs	http://london.lovesguide.com/tower.php?id=765 https://www.bellringing.london/st-olave-hart-street/
Affiliations	University of London Society Middlesex County Association and London Diocesan Guild
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard As of last night, BellBoard listed 459 performances here, of which 179 were peals and 87 were in the last two years

Bells	8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor	11–3–20 (1336 lb or 606 kg) in G (785.0 Hz)
Practices	Thu (term only) 19:00
Peals	View 279 peals in the Felstead Database
Additional information	Ellacombe apparatus

Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
1	3–1–11	1567.5	G	24.50″	1953	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
2	3–2–11	1472.0	F♯	25.13″	1953	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
3	4–0–14	1299.0	E	27.00″	1953	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
4	4–3–11	1173.5	D	29.38″	1953	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
5	5–1–22	1043.0	C	31.38″	1953	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
6	6–2–18	980.5	B	33.00″	1952	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
7	8–1–6	880.5	A	36.50″	1952	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
8	11–3–20	785.0	G	40.00″	1972	Whitechapel Bell Foundry	F	N	FC

Bells

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	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
	Clock	1–1–12		C	18.00″	1953	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	D

Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
9	Clock
1	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8	1953	Cast iron	Mears & Stainbank	8.3.A.h	8.3

Contributed by: Tim Jackson

Devon Association Striking Contest 1985 Chittlehampton entry

Devon Association Striking Competition Final held at St Olave’s, Hart Street on 8 Nov 1985. This is the entry by Chittlehampton. Recorded and subsequently digitised by Richard Harris.

City of London (St Olave) 1
Recording: Richard Harris (8 Nov 1985)

Published: 31/07/2025

Devon Association Striking Contest 1985 West Alvington entry

Devon Association Striking Competition Final held at St Olave’s, Hart Street on 8 Nov 1985. This is the entry by West Alvington. Recorded and subsequently digitised by Richard Harris.

City of London (St Olave) 2
Recording: Richard Harris (8 Nov 1985)

Published: 31/07/2025

Devon Association Striking Contest 1985 Stoke Gabriel entry

Devon Association Striking Competition Final held at St Olave’s, Hart Street on 8 Nov 1985. This is the entry by Stoke Gabriel. Recorded and subsequently digitised by Richard Harris.

City of London (St Olave) 3
Recording: Richard Harris (8 Nov 1985)

Published: 31/07/2025

Devon Association Striking Contest 1985 South Tawton entry

Devon Association Striking Competition Final held at St Olave’s, Hart Street on 8 Nov 1985. This is the entry by South Tawton. Recorded and subsequently digitised by Richard Harris.

City of London (St Olave) 4
Recording: Richard Harris (8 Nov 1985)

Published: 31/07/2025

Devon Association Striking Contest 1985 Egg Buckland entry

Devon Association Striking Competition Final held at St Olave’s, Hart Street on 8 Nov 1985. This is the entry by Egg Buckland. Recorded and subsequently digitised by Richard Harris.

City of London (St Olave) 5
Recording: Richard Harris (8 Nov 1985)

Published: 31/07/2025

Devon Association Striking Contest 1985 Molland (?) entry 1

Devon Association Striking Competition Final held at St Olave’s, Hart Street on 8 Nov 1985. This is one of 2 recordings marked as by Molland, although one of them won’t be. (Will be updated once the original tapes are recovered.) Recorded and subsequently digitised by Richard Harris.

City of London (St Olave) 6
Recording: Richard Harris (8 Nov 1985)

Published: 31/07/2025

Devon Association Striking Contest 1985 Molland (?) entry 2

City of London (St Olave) 7
Recording: Richard Harris (8 Nov 1985)

Published: 31/07/2025

Devon Association Striking Contest 1985 Dane St Mary entry

Devon Association Striking Competition Final held at St Olave’s, Hart Street on 8 Nov 1985. This is the entry by Dane St Mary. Recorded and subsequently digitised by Richard Harris.

City of London (St Olave) 8
Recording: Richard Harris (8 Nov 1985)

Published: 31/07/2025

08/12/2022	8: weight amended [Whitechapel records via David Sloman #004220]
10/08/2021	Ellacombe apparatus noted [Neal Dodge]
27/02/2020	fr1: truss,layout added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
05/02/2020	URL amended [TimJ (#263) via URLbad]