English Heritage sites near Beckley and Stowood Parish

North Hinksey Conduit House

NORTH HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE

5 miles from Beckley and Stowood Parish

Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.

Abingdon County Hall Museum

ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM

9 miles from Beckley and Stowood 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 Leigh Roman Villa

NORTH LEIGH ROMAN VILLA

11 miles from Beckley and Stowood 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.

Deddington Castle

DEDDINGTON CASTLE

14 miles from Beckley and Stowood Parish

Extensive earthworks marking the site of an 11th century motte and bailey castle.

Minster Lovell Hall and Dovecote

MINSTER LOVELL HALL AND DOVECOTE

15 miles from Beckley and Stowood 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.

Rollright Stones

ROLLRIGHT STONES

21 miles from Beckley and Stowood 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.


Churches in Beckley and Stowood Parish

Beckley Assumption BVM

Pubs in Beckley and Stowood Parish

Abingdon Arms

High Street, Beckley, OX3 9UU
(01865) 655667
theabingdonarms.co.uk

A lovely old pub with a fine garden affording great views across Otmoor. The arms in question are of James Bertie (1653 -1699) who was created 1st Earl of Abingdon in 1682. The Bertie family owned the village until 1919 when it was broken u...