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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¬

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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