English Heritage sites near Chalgrove Parish
ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM
9 miles from Chalgrove Parish
This splendid 17th century Baroque building housed a courtroom for assizes, raised on arches over a market space. It now houses the Abingdon Museum.
NORTH HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE
10 miles from Chalgrove Parish
Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.
NORTH LEIGH ROMAN VILLA
18 miles from Chalgrove 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.
DONNINGTON CASTLE
21 miles from Chalgrove Parish
The striking twin-towered 14th-century gatehouse of this castle, later the focus of a Civil War siege and battle, survives amid impressive earthworks.
MINSTER LOVELL HALL AND DOVECOTE
21 miles from Chalgrove Parish
The extensive and picturesque ruins of a 15th century riverside manor house, including a fine hall, south-west tower, and complete dovecote nearby. The home of Richard III's henchman Lord Lovell.
SILCHESTER ROMAN CITY WALLS AND AMPHITHEATRE
22 miles from Chalgrove Parish
Originally a tribal centre of the Iron Age Atrebates, Silchester became the large and important Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum.
Churches in Chalgrove Parish
Chalgrove St Mary
Church Lane
Chalgrove
Oxford
(01865) 890392
http://www.chalgrovechurch.org
Set in a Churchyard in which a
number of old gravestones face
south instead of eastwards as
customary, St Mary's Chalgrove
reflects a long village life both
interesting and different. Even today
it enjoys a happy relationship with a
flourishing church Pub in the village,
"The Red Lion Inn', which is vested in
the Trustees of the Church Estate.
According to the Domesday Book, in
1087 a priest named Brun served the
parish, but the present Church dates
from the 12th century, begun by
monks from Bec, the important
Benedictine abbey in Normandy.
The 13th century saw a few
developments including the
establishment in the Chancel of a
series of wallpaintings, a national
treasure. Educational and devotional
and in earthen colours, they depict a
Jesse Tree, the life of Jesus, the
Last Judgement and the mediaeval
legend of the assumption of the
Virgin Mary.
The Church, moderately large and
handsome, is thought to remain
substantially as it was in 1500
although some records state that
there was a spire on top of the tower
until it came down in a violent storm
in 1727. The tower contains a single
handed turret clock dated in part from
1699. The interior comprises a wide
nave with two aisles separated by
Transitional Norman arcades with
carved capitals, and a Chancel which
is a fine example of Decorated style.
There are a few wall tablets and
other Memorials including 15th
century brasses. A painted Memorial
to the Quartremaine family is a rare
feature, as is the restored Chalgrove
Friendly Society Banner of 1840
displayed centrally.
Pubs in Chalgrove Parish
Crown
96 High Street, Chalgrove, OX44 7SS
(01865) 807683
thecrownchalgrove.com
Lamb
2 Mill Lane, Chalgrove, OX44 7SL
(01865) 890295
lambchalgrove.co.uk
Red Lion
115 High Street, Chalgrove, OX44 7SS
(01865) 890625
redlionchalgrove.com