St Mary’s Church, Hitchin

St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. St Mary's Church is the largest parish church in Hertfordshire, and is remarkably large for a town of the size of Hitchin — this has been cited as evidence of how Hitchin prospered from the wool trade.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: parish church in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Church of Saint Mary”, “Church of Saint Mary, Hitchin”, “St Mary’s”, “St Mary’s Church”, and “St. Mary’s Church, Hitchin”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include British Schools Museum and Hitchin Town Hall.

British Schools Museum

Museum

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The British Schools Museum is an educational museum based in original Edwardian and Victorian school buildings in Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. The museum complex is made up of listed school buildings housing infants, girls and boys schools with houses for Master and Mistress. British Schools Museum is situated 690 feet southeast of St Mary’s Church, Hitchin.

Hitchin Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hitchin Town Hall is a municipal structure in Brand Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Hitchin Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building. Hitchin Town Hall is situated 760 feet northwest of St Mary’s Church, Hitchin.

North Hertfordshire Museum

Museum

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North Hertfordshire Museum is a museum that displays collections relating to local history and heritage. It is located adjacent to the refurbished Hitchin Town Hall on Brand Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. North Hertfordshire Museum is situated 710 feet northwest of St Mary’s Church, Hitchin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hitchin and Bearton.

Hitchin

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hitchin is a town with 33,350 inhabitants in 2011 35 mi miles north of London in the county of Hertfordshire. Hitchin is an old market town first mentioned 1,000 years ago.

Bearton

Suburb

Photo: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bearton was a small hamlet lying to the north of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. It was incorporated into Hitchin over a century ago, and now forms part of the Hitchin Bearton ward of North Hertfordshire District Council.

Charlton

Hamlet

Charlton is a hamlet in the county of Hertfordshire, in the East of England. It is a component hamlet of the market town of Hitchin, forming a part of the Hitchin Priory ward.

St Mary’s Church, Hitchin

Categories: parish church, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: North Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.94793° or 51° 56′ 53″ north

Longitude

-0.27725° or 0° 16′ 38″ west

Height

24 feet (7.3 metres)

Open location code

9C3XWPXF+53

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29424258

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

Wikidata ID

Q7590171

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