St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London

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Anglican church medieval church building parish church

St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London is a historic medieval Anglican church in the City of London, noted for its surviving pre-Great Fire architecture and strong association with the diarist Samuel Pepys.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
St Olave Hart Street	4
St Olave's Church, Hart Street	2
Parochial Church Council of St Olave Hart Street	1
St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London canonical	1
St Olave's Church, Silver Street, London	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T148562 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London
Context triple: [Samuel Pepys, burialPlace, St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London]

A. Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster
Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster is a historic Anglican parish church in London, situated next to Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, long associated with parliamentary worship and notable state occasions.
B. St Botolph's Church
St Botolph's Church is a prominent medieval parish church in Boston, Lincolnshire, famed for its towering 14th-century lantern tower known as "The Stump."
C. St Stephen Walbrook
St Stephen Walbrook is a historic Christopher Wren–designed Anglican church in the City of London, renowned for its elegant dome and classical interior.
D. Harrow School Chapel
Harrow School Chapel is the historic Anglican chapel at Harrow School, serving as a central place of worship and ceremonial gatherings for the school community.
E. St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in London renowned for its magnificent dome and role as a national religious and ceremonial landmark.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London
Target entity description: St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London is a historic medieval Anglican church in the City of London, noted for its surviving pre-Great Fire architecture and strong association with the diarist Samuel Pepys.

A. Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster
Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster is a historic Anglican parish church in London, situated next to Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, long associated with parliamentary worship and notable state occasions.
B. St Botolph's Church
St Botolph's Church is a prominent medieval parish church in Boston, Lincolnshire, famed for its towering 14th-century lantern tower known as "The Stump."
C. St Stephen Walbrook
St Stephen Walbrook is a historic Christopher Wren–designed Anglican church in the City of London, renowned for its elegant dome and classical interior.
D. Harrow School Chapel
Harrow School Chapel is the historic Anglican chapel at Harrow School, serving as a central place of worship and ceremonial gatherings for the school community.
E. St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in London renowned for its magnificent dome and role as a national religious and ceremonial landmark.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican church ⓘ medieval church building ⓘ parish church ⓘ
associatedWith	Elizabeth Pepys ⓘ linked to: Elisabeth Pepys Samuel Pepys ⓘ
churchmanship	Anglo-Catholic ⓘ linked to: Anglo-Catholicism
clergyType	rector ⓘ
constructionMaterial	stone ⓘ
containsMemorialTo	Samuel Pepys ⓘ
containsTombOf	Elizabeth Pepys ⓘ linked to: Elisabeth Pepys
country	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Olaf ⓘ
denomination	Church of England ⓘ
diocese	Diocese of London ⓘ
governingBody	Parochial Church Council of St Olave Hart Street ⓘ linked to: St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London
hasArchitecturalStyle	Gothic architecture ⓘ
hasCategory	Churches in the City of London ⓘ Grade I listed churches in London ⓘ Medieval churches in London ⓘ
hasFeature	carved skulls over gateway ⓘ churchyard ⓘ gothic arch ⓘ medieval fabric ⓘ tower ⓘ
hasNotablePeriod	medieval period ⓘ post-Great Fire era ⓘ
hasStatus	active church ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed ⓘ
heritageStatus	Grade I listed building ⓘ
isOneOf	few surviving medieval churches in the City of London ⓘ
knownFor	association with Samuel Pepys ⓘ pre-Great Fire architecture ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	Anglican ⓘ
locatedIn	City of London ⓘ London ⓘ linked to: London, England
locatedOn	Hart Street ⓘ
namedAfter	Olaf II of Norway ⓘ
parish	St Olave Hart Street ⓘ linked to: St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London
province	Province of Canterbury ⓘ
survivedEvent	Great Fire of London ⓘ
tradition	high church Anglicanism ⓘ
usedFor	Anglican services ⓘ Christian worship ⓘ concerts ⓘ funerals ⓘ weddings ⓘ

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