Become a Friend of St Mary'sAs you can imagine, we are anxious to keep this beautiful church with its wall paintings and garden in good repair and hopefully put a little by for research and perhaps an archaeological dig or a symposium in future years.
It costs £6,000 a year to maintain the church and churchyard and a 1000 year old building is a little needy!
We have launched a Subscription Scheme for Friends of St. Mary’s.
For £25 a year you can help to keep the church in the state it is today and also help towards discovering more of its history. In return, and as a big thank you, you will receive advance notice of our events and a three monthly newsletter.
Forms and payment are on our website and also at the church.
We also have DVDs on the restoration for sale and a small booklet on the history of village and church as well as greetings cards.
Please become a Friend and make a difference to this unique place.
Saturday 4 September saw the finale to St Mary's Church concert season, and a full house - with standing room only...
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St Mary's Church was filled to capacity - standing room only - for an excellent concert...
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St Mary's Annual Thanksgiving Service took place on Sunday, August 8, 2021
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A fascinating concert was held in St Mary's Church on 31 July. A recital by Donald Bousted, which demonstrated the wide musical range of the baritone and tenor ukuleles, played to a full house...
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To celebrate the installation of the original 14th Century Bell everyone was invited to come and ring the Bell!
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Bob Davey died on 4th March 2021 at the age of 91. He was for many years the driving force and power behind the restoration of St Mary's Houghton on the Hill.
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Lost photos and notes have been discovered at the Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House in King's Lynn. All the items have been generously donated to the Friends Of St Mary's.
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We are very happy to be supporting the Norfolk Churches Trust Sponsored Bike Ride 2020 on Saturday the 12th of September! On that day we will be open from 10 am to 4.30 pm and look forward to seeing all the riders and supporters.
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GUIDES We welcome volunteers to act as guides for the church. It does not matter how often you can manage. Even one day a month will help. You will be given induction training before you start. OTHER POSITIONS At the moment, there are no other vacancies but these may arise over coming months and will be notified here as they arise.
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St Mary's will be reopening on the 11th July 2020 at 2pm
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For those who have missed the church during 2020 lockdown
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It is with much regret that we are having to follow government advice and close St Mary's church until restrictions are lifted. We find it impossible to safeguard our volunteers in these difficult times. This also means that we have had to postpone the series of events we had planned for this year.
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Open: Last weekend March to Last weekend October
every day 2pm - 4pm
Open: 1st weekend November to Last weekend March
Saturday & Sunday 2pm - 4pm
St Mary's Church
Browns Lane
Houghton-on-the-Hill
Norfolk
PE37 8DP
