Church of St Mary the Great

St Mary the Great is a Church of England parish and university church at the north end of King's Parade in central , England. It is known locally as Great St Mary's or simply GSM to distinguish it from "Little St Mary's".
greatstmarys.org
gsm.cam.ac.uk
+44 1223 747273
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  • Email: office@gsm.cam.ac.uk
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: church in Cambridge, UK
  • Also known as: “Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge”, “Great Saint Mary, The University Church”, and “Great St. Mary’s”
  • Address: Senate House Hill, Cambridge, CB2 3PQ
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trinity College and Gonville and Caius College.

University
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is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at Oxford or Cambridge. is situated 950 feet northwest of Church of St Mary the Great.

University
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, commonly known as Caius, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in , England. Founded in 1348 by Edmund Gonville, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of the wealthiest. is situated 340 feet northwest of Church of St Mary the Great.

University
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King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college lies beside the and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city. is situated 870 feet southwest of Church of St Mary the Great.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridge and Cambridge Castle.

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is a university city in in . It is a city of crocuses and daffodils on the Backs, of green open spaces and cattle grazing only 500 yards from the market square.

Locality
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, locally also known as Castle Mound, is in , , England. Built after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 to control the strategically important route to the north of England, it played a role in the conflicts of the Anarchy and the First and Second Barons' Wars.

Suburb
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is a suburb and electoral ward in , England. As of the 2021 UK census, the ward had a population of 11,374.

Church of St Mary the Great

Latitude
52.20533° or 52° 12′ 19″ north
Longitude
0.11829° or 0° 7′ 6″ east
Operator
Church of England
Open location code
9F426449+48
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26344507
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q3585454
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Church of St Mary the Great” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “圣玛丽大教堂”
  • Chinese: “大圣玛利亚教堂”
  • Chinese: “大圣马利亚堂”
  • Dutch: “Kerk van St Mary the Great (Cambridge)”
  • Dutch: “Kerk van St Mary the Great”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديسه مريم الكبرى”
  • French: “Church of St Mary the Great”
  • French: “église St Mary the Great”
  • French: “Église St Mary the Great”
  • German: “St Mary the Great”
  • Hebrew: “הכנסייה הגדולה של סט. מרי”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Santa Maria yang Agung, Cambridge”
  • Japanese: “大聖母マリア教会”
  • Japanese: “聖メアリ大教会”
  • Swedish: “St Mary the Great”

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