English Heritage sites near Canons Ashby Parish
DEDDINGTON CASTLE
13 miles from Canons Ashby Parish
Extensive earthworks marking the site of an 11th century motte and bailey castle.
ROLLRIGHT STONES
21 miles from Canons Ashby Parish
Traditionally a monarch and his courtiers petrified by a witch, the Rollright Stones consist of three groups: the King's Men stone circle; the Whispering Knights burial chamber; and the single King Stone. They span nearly 2,000 years of Neolithic and Bronze Age development.
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
22 miles from Canons Ashby Parish
Once home to Robert Dudley, the great love of Queen Elizabeth I. Today you can walk in the beautifully recreated Elizabethan garden and marvel at the mighty Norman keep.
NORTH LEIGH ROMAN VILLA
25 miles from Canons Ashby Parish
The remains of a large, well built Roman courtyard villa. The most important feature is a nearly complete mosaic tile floor, patterned in reds and browns.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
26 miles from Canons Ashby Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
CHICHELE COLLEGE
27 miles from Canons Ashby Parish
The gatehouse, chapel and other remains of a communal residence for priests serving the parish church, founded by locally-born Archbishop Chichele before 1425. Regularly used for events, and art and heritage exhibitions.
Churches in Canons Ashby Parish
St Mary the Virgin
Moreton Pinkney
(01295) 768783
Moreton Pinkney is a small Northamptonshire ironstone village surrounded by agricultural land farmed with cattle, sheep and arable. It is midway between Canons Ashby (National Trust) and Sulgrave Manor (George Washington family home) one and three miles distant. St.Marys dates from the late 12th century with a Victorian rebuilt chancel and is set back from the road in a churchyard that remains in use for burials. The Church has a reputation for being a friendly, welcoming and warm church in which to worship, embracing the local population, visitors and tourists’ alike. There is a prayer stone in the South East corner of the churchyard thought to have been in use before the church was built. It has a tower with a peal of six bells, and the village has its own team of seven bell ringers. The church has (a recently refurbished) antique wind pipe organ and with pews at the back and chairs in the front half the seating gives flexibility for concerts, Weddings, Christenings etc.
PCC Treasurer: Charles Behrens (01295) 760217
PCC Secretary: Richard Smallwood (01295) 760849
No churches found in Canons Ashby Parish