St Mary-at-Hill

St Mary-at-Hill stmaryathill.org St Mary-at-Hill Church for Billingsgate

St Mary-at-Hill has served in the Parish of Billingsgate for nearly a thousand years.

An ‘ancient church’ on this site is mentioned in a legal document dated 1177, so we can conjecture with some certainty that a church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin has stood here since at least the end of the 11th Century. Billingsgate Quay was an important Anglo-Saxon harbour in the 10th and 11th centuries. The route north into the old city would have led past the church. The steep rise of the w

ay up from the river gave it the name of St Mary at or on the Hill. The original church was no doubt smaller than the present building which has been extended, altered and renovated throughout its history. The Churchwardens’ accounts from the C15th inform us that by then it had side chapels dedicated to St Stephen, St Katherine, St Ann and St Christopher.

This week our Live Music on Wednesdays at 1pm starts again. Organists from London Oratory School with play music by Bach...
12/01/2026

This week our Live Music on Wednesdays at 1pm starts again. Organists from London Oratory School with play music by Bach and Franck.

Join us on Sunday 12th October at 11am for our annual Fish Harvest Festival Service!
01/10/2025

Join us on Sunday 12th October at 11am for our annual Fish Harvest Festival Service!

Faith, Fire & Fish is our new series with music and discussion. Musicians from Guildhall School of Music and Drama will ...
20/01/2025

Faith, Fire & Fish is our new series with music and discussion. Musicians from Guildhall School of Music and Drama will be performing for us on Wednesdays at 1.00pm.

Our Winter series will start on 19th February. Free entry.

Visit our website to check it out

Proudly serving our community for over 800 years, St Mary-at-Hill Church is located in the Ward of Billingsgate, in the heart of London.

14/10/2024
Harvest of the Sea 2024Organ Recital - Thursday 3rd October at 6pmFish Harvest Service - Sunday 13th October at 11am
16/09/2024

Harvest of the Sea 2024
Organ Recital - Thursday 3rd October at 6pm
Fish Harvest Service - Sunday 13th October at 11am

04/05/2024

St Anne's Lutheran Church in London is reviving . On Pentecost Sunday, 19 May at 6.30pm at St Mary-at-Hill Church.

09/03/2024

London followers might be interested to know that MSB director Oliver Webber will be performing two of Biber's Mystery Sonatas – Christ on the Mount of Olives (no. 6) and the Crucifixion (no.10) – as part of the Choir of the 21st Century's Music for Passiontide concert on 16 March, conducted by Howard Williams. The venue is the beautiful church of St Mary-at-Hill and the performance begins at 7.30 pm. The choir perform works by Victoria, Lotti and Scarlatti.

Highly recommended for anyone looking for a Passion concert with a difference!

02/10/2023

Our final recital in the Harvest of the Sea Organ Recital Series is tomorrow at 1.15pm!

Tuesday 3rd October at 1.15pm

Benjamin Markovic
Organ Scholar – St Martin-in-the-Fields

Music by Tournemire, Coleridge-Taylor & J. S. Bach

25/09/2023

Organ Recital Series 2023
Tuesdays at 1.15pm

Our next recital in the series is Tuesday 26th September and we welcome Joel Colyer to the organ who will be playing music by J. S. Bach, Whitlock & Boëllmann.

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Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

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