English Heritage sites near Easton Neston Parish
PORTH HELLICK DOWN BURIAL CHAMBER
1000 miles from Easton Neston Parish
A large and imposing Scillonian Bronze Age entrance grave, with kerb, inner passage and burial chamber all clearly visible.
HALLIGGYE FOGOU
1000 miles from Easton Neston Parish
Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.
INNISIDGEN LOWER AND UPPER BURIAL CHAMBERS
1000 miles from Easton Neston Parish
Two Bronze Age communal burial cairns of Scillonian type, with fine views. The upper cairn is the best preserved on the islands.
HARRY'S WALLS
1000 miles from Easton Neston Parish
An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary's Pool harbour in 1552-53.
GARRISON WALLS
1000 miles from Easton Neston Parish
You can enjoy a two-hour walk alongside the ramparts of these defensive walls and earthworks, dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.
CROMWELL'S CASTLE
1000 miles from Easton Neston Parish
The castle stands guarding the lovely anchorage between Bryher and Tresco and is one of the few surviving Cromwellian fortifications in Britain.
Churches in Easton Neston Parish
St Mary the Virgin, Easton Neston
Easton Neston
Towcester
(01327) 350459
http://www.tovebenefice.org.uk/
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin served the old village of Easton Neston which was in the Domesday book, though only the church remains now.
The parish today includes the stately home called Easton Netson, its farms, the hamlet of Hulcote, and the Shires estate on the northern edge of the town of Towcester.
The church building is a beautiful mediaeval church with a tower and inside are some superb monuments of the Fermor-Hesketh noble family (and their servants!) who owned the surrounding estate from the sixteenth until the early twenty-first century. These include the life-size alabaster effigy tomb of a knight, Sir George Fermor, and his wife Elizabeth, any many examples of heraldry.
The comfortable Jacobean box pews have new cushions and contribute to the happy family feeling of services in this church.
The Eco-toilet outhouse is a welcome recent addition.
Regular Services are once a month at 6pm on the first Saturday of every month, Easter Eve, and Christmas Eve.
Also, there are regular, and popular, family services throughout the year: An Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Day, a Treasure Hunt in September, a Christingle Service at the beginning of Advent, and a Crib Service on Christmas Eve. These services are suitable for young children, but enjoyable by all!
Occasional services include weddings, baptisms, funerals, and musical services.
The church is open on the second weekend in September for its patronal festival, and English Heritage Open Days.
The parish is part of the Tove Benefice. www.tovebenefice.org.uk
No churches found in Easton Neston Parish