English Heritage sites near Dumbleton Parish
HAILES ABBEY
4 miles from Dumbleton Parish
Founded by the Earl of Cornwall in thanks for surviving a shipwreck. It housed a renowned relic, ‘the Holy Blood of Hailes’: allegedly a phial of Christ’s blood. Great picnic spot. Audio tours.
BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW
6 miles from Dumbleton Parish
A particularly fine example of a Neolithic long barrow of c.3800 BC, featuring a false entrance and side chambers. During excavations in the 1860s, the remains of 31 people were found in the chambers.
ODDA'S CHAPEL
10 miles from Dumbleton Parish
One of the most complete surviving Saxon churches in England, this chapel was built in 1056 by Earl Odda, and rediscovered in 1865 subsumed into a farmhouse. Nearby is the famous Saxon parish church.
GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA
15 miles from Dumbleton Parish
The remains of a large and luxurious villa built about AD 250, with a bathhouse complex, perhaps the shrine of a water spirit, and mosaics.
GREYFRIARS
16 miles from Dumbleton Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
BLACKFRIARS
16 miles from Dumbleton Parish
One of the most complete surviving Dominican friaries in England, later converted into a Tudor house and cloth factory. Notable features include the church and fine scissor-braced dormitory roof.
Churches in Dumbleton Parish
St Katharine
St Mary’s, Great Washbourne
St Peter
Main Street
Dumbleton
EVESHAM
07715 953076
http://www.stpetersdumbleton.org.uk/home
St Peter's is an historic building at the heart of a small rural community.
All receive a warm welcome at our friendly Sunday services. Please see the "Services and Events" tab for our regular and special service times, and our web site for details about other events and for more information about our church.
Pubs in Dumbleton Parish
Hobnails Inn
Little Washbourne, GL20 8NQ
(01242) 621259
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