St Mary Abchurch

St Mary Abchurch is a Church of England church off Cannon Street in the City of London. Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, it is first mentioned in 1198–1199.

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Opening hours: Monday—Thursday 11:00 AM—3:00 PM
Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: church in the City of London
Also known as: “St Mary Abchurch (London)” and “St Mary Abchurch, City of London”
Address: Abchurch Lane, London, EC4N 7BA

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include London Bridge and London Stone.

London Bridge

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.

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 1,400 feet south of St Mary Abchurch.

London Stone

Archaeological site

Photo: Lord Belbury, CC BY-SA 4.0.

London Stone is a historic landmark housed at 111 Cannon Street in the City of London. It is an irregular block of oolitic limestone measuring 53 × 43 × 30 cm, the remnant of a once much larger object that had stood for many centuries on the south side of the street.

Mansion House

Public building

Photo: Michael Gwyther-Jones, CC BY 2.0.

The Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London. It is a Grade I listed building. Designed by George Dance in the Palladian style, it was built primarily in the 1740s. Mansion House is situated 530 feet northwest of St Mary Abchurch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bankside and Aldgate.

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.

Aldgate

Quarter

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Aldgate was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London. The gate gave its name to Aldgate High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.

St Mary Abchurch

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

51.51171° or 51° 30′ 42″ north

Longitude

-0.08829° or 0° 5′ 18″ west

Inception

1687

Open location code

9C3XGW66+MM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 464861227

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

Wikidata ID

Q7594555

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“St Mary Abchurch” goes by many names.

Arabic: “سانت ماري أبتشرش”
Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت مارى ابشرش”
German: “St Mary Abchurch”
Russian: “Церковь Пресвятой Девы Марии (Кэннон-стрит, Лондон)”
Russian: “Церковь Пресвятой Девы Марии”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Abchurch Yard and Travelodge London Central Bank.

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