English Heritage sites near Buckland Parish
UFFINGTON CASTLE - WHITE HORSE AND DRAGON HILL
8 miles from Buckland Parish
Three atmospheric sites lie along the Ridgeway. Uffington 'Castle' is a large Iron Age hillfort, Dragon Hill a natural mound associated in legend with St George.
MINSTER LOVELL HALL AND DOVECOTE
8 miles from Buckland 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.
WAYLAND'S SMITHY
9 miles from Buckland Parish
A fine and atmospheric Neolithic chambered long barrow 2km (11/4 miles) along the Ridgeway from the Uffington White Horse: it was once believed to be the habitation of the Saxon smith-god Wayland.
ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM
10 miles from Buckland 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
11 miles from Buckland Parish
Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.
NORTH LEIGH ROMAN VILLA
11 miles from Buckland 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.
Churches in Buckland Parish
Hatford: St George
Off B4508
Hatford
Faringdon
(01367) 710267
Hatford is part of a combined parish, with Stanford in the Vale and Goosey, and its church is used for monthly traditional services. St George's Norman Church which is 'chapel like', in having no tower or spire, stands on the site of a much earlier building, dating from Saxon times. Its prominent position is on a shallow bend in the centre of the village which is threaded by the B 4508. Early English architecture is interspersed with original Norman craftmanship which is rather resplendent in the fine, carved doorway on the south side, the nave and chancel arch. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, Hatford translates into 'a ford beside a headland or hill'. The Norman font in St.George's probably witnessed the marriage in April 1555 of Anne Dudley the widowed Countess of Warwick, to Sir Edward Unton of Wadley House.
If locked, the key may be obtained from the Manor House, which lies a few yards beyond the church.
St Mary the Virgin Buckland
Buckland
Buckland
Faringdon
http://www.cherbury-gainfield.org.uk
A very warm welcome to St Mary the Virgin Church, Buckland, part of the Benefice of Cherbury with Gainfield.
Please see our website for all our services and events - www.cherbury-gainfield.org.uk
Pubs in Buckland Parish
Lamb
Tucked away off the village street, the Lamb was originally a plain village pub owned by Hall's. When it closed in 1987, it remained empty for five years before being totally refurbished. The original eighteenth century building has been ex...
Trout Inn at Tadpole Bridge
Buckland Marsh, Buckland Marsh, Tadpole Bridge, SN7 8RF
(01367) 870382
trout-inn.co.uk