Oldal 211 [211]
we
— ae a
Nicholas ‘ Olaf.” St. Peter
‘le Poor" is described about
the year 1170 as “ parvus,”
the little, to distinguish it, no
doubt, Írom St.
Cornhill.
Although many of the
Peter on
churches have perished, the
old parochial names are still
constantly to be seen by any
one who perambulates the
city, and the old parochial
boundaries are rigidly marked
and kept.
We may briefly call atten¬
189
the wine merchants who came from the
The
difficulty here is with Paternoster Lane.
How did it come by that name? St.
Nicholas “ Acons” may have something
King’s dominions over the sea.
to do with oaks or an oak. Perhaps a
tree grew near it. But the most rational
explanation is that the church was built
by Hacon, who was an early alderman.
Nicholas "Cole Abbey” is probably a
corruption of St. Nicholas Colby, and
refers to a founder or restorer. St.
Nicholas ‘“Olave” may be similarly
derived. In old documents it is St.
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TOMB IN ST. HELEN'S CHURCH