St Olaves Priory, Herringfleet

Mary and Olave was founded by Sir Roger Fitz Osbert of Somerley in the time of Henry III.

In Suffolk, there was one other dedication to Saint Olaf, Creeting St. Olave's, but two in Norfolk, and over fifty in the rest of England, with six in London.

On 20 August 1536, Sir Humphrey Wingfield, the Commissioner for the Dissolution of the Monasteries arrived, and on 16 January 1546 Henry VIII made over the priory site to a local man, Sir Henry Jerningham of Somerleyton.

Now in ruins, it gives its name to St. Olave's Bridge, over the Waveney, replacing a very ancient ferry, and also to a modern railway-junction.

[3] The Priory was allowed to hold an annual fair on St Olave's Day, 29 July.