St Mary Aldermary

St Mary Aldermary is an Anglican church located on Bow Lane at the junction with Watling Street, in the City of London within the United Kingdom. Of medieval origin, rebuilding began in 1510 and was not finished until 1632.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: Anglican church in Bow Lane, London, England, UK
Address: Watling Street, London, EC4M 9BW

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St Paul’s Cathedral and London Bridge.

St Paul’s Cathedral

Church

Photo: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0.

St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul in London, is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London. St Paul’s Cathedral is situated 1,200 feet west of St Mary Aldermary.

London Bridge

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Since Roman times, several crossings named London Bridge have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London. The current crossing, which opened to traffic in 1973, is a box girder bridge built from concrete and steel. London Bridge is situated 2,100 feet southeast of St Mary Aldermary.

St. Mary-Le-Bow

Church

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The Church of St Mary-le-Bow is a Church of England parish church in the City of London, England. Located on Cheapside, one of the city's oldest thoroughfares, the church was founded in 1080, by Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury. St. Mary-Le-Bow is situated 370 feet north of St Mary Aldermary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bankside and Blackfriars.

Bankside

Quarter

Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.

Blackfriars

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Blackfriars is in central London, specifically the south-west corner of the City of London.

Barbican Estate

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Photo: Riodamascus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Barbican Estate, or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central London, England, within the City of London.

St Mary Aldermary

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.51274° or 51° 30′ 46″ north

Longitude

-0.09327° or 0° 5′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C3XGW74+3M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 155419713

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

Wikidata ID

Q916327

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Russian—“St Mary Aldermary” goes by many names.

Catalan: “St. Mary Aldermary”
Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديسه مارى الدرمرى”
French: “St Mary Aldermary”
German: “St Mary Aldermary”
Japanese: “アルダーマリー教会”
Latin: “S. Maria Senioris Mariae”
Russian: “Церковь Пресвятой Девы Марии (Уотлинг-стрит, Лондон)”
Russian: “Церковь Пресвятой Девы Марии”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Sweetings and Sugar Loaf.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Host and The Cordwainer.

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Worth a closer look: South Kensington-Chelsea and Heathrow Airport.

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