St Olave's Church
Medieval parish church beside abbey ruins, with the chest tomb of a celebrated Victorian painter.
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This guide to St Olave's Church in York follows William Etty, a miller and baker's son who went on to become one of Britain's Royal Academicians. It starts at a sunset over the River Ouse in eighteen forty-nine, then goes back to an eleven-year-old bound apprentice in a Hull print shop, and what those seven years did to him. Best heard in the churchyard, south-east of the church, where you can walk round his tomb.
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