English Heritage sites near Buckworth Parish
BUSHMEAD PRIORY
10 miles from Buckworth Parish
Bushmead Priory is a rare survival of the complete refectory of an Augustinian priory, with a fine timber roof and notable 14th century wall paintings.
CHICHELE COLLEGE
13 miles from Buckworth 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.
LONGTHORPE TOWER
13 miles from Buckworth Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
APETHORPE PALACE
14 miles from Buckworth Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
16 miles from Buckworth Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
KIRBY HALL
17 miles from Buckworth Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
Churches in Buckworth Parish
All Saints
Church Road
Buckworth
Huntingdon, Cambs
01480 896295
http://www.norleigh.org.uk/
Beautiful historic Church, with broach spire near Alconbury/Alconbury Weston, close to A1m and A14 but in pretty countryside, not far from Huntingdon, and within easy reach of Peterborough.
No churches found in Buckworth Parish