English Heritage sites near East Hendred Parish

Abingdon County Hall Museum

ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM

6 miles from East Hendred 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.

Uffington Castle - White Horse and Dragon Hill

UFFINGTON CASTLE - WHITE HORSE AND DRAGON HILL

10 miles from East Hendred 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.

North Hinksey Conduit House

NORTH HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE

10 miles from East Hendred Parish

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

Wayland's Smithy

WAYLAND'S SMITHY

11 miles from East Hendred 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.

Donnington Castle

DONNINGTON CASTLE

12 miles from East Hendred 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

MINSTER LOVELL HALL AND DOVECOTE

17 miles from East Hendred 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.

Churches in East Hendred Parish

East Hendred: St Augustine of Canterbury

Church Street East Hendred Wantage
01235 634940

St Augustine's probably dates from the 12th century, with lovely rustic carvings on the arcade pillars, an octagonal font and a Crusader-foot lectern. In the chancel is a 14th century piscina. The nave roof has 15th century beams and king-posts.
In the Perpendicular tower, a rare and wonderful faceless clock dated 1525 has been wound daily for nearly 500 years. It still keeps good time, and strikes quarters and hours. Every three hours a tunewheel (added in the 17th century) plays a hymn on the bells. The tower has a ring of six bells, the oldest of which is pre-Reformation.
The Tudor Eyston Chapel is the old resting place of the recusant Eyston family who trace their ancestry back to St Thomas More and still live in Hendred House. The pulpit is Jacobean, installed to commemorate King Charles 1.
The church has been updated and maintained as a place of worship through the centuries, with considerable changes in 1861, but it remains a haven of peace and inspiration.

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Pubs in East Hendred Parish

Eyston Arms

High St, East Hendred, OX12 8JY
(01235) 833320
eystons.co.uk

The Eyston Arms, owned by the Eyston estate, was leased for many years to Morland, but has now become a locally-renowned gastro-pub. Customers are greeted with a huge log fire, a rustic Cotswold flagstone floor, a series of cartoons of regu...
Plough

Orchard La, East Hendred, OX12 8JW
(01235) 833213
hendredplough.co.uk

Family pub in attractive village focusing on food. Attractive walled garden with Aunt Sally pitch. Site is to be redeveloped and changed to housing.
Wheatsheaf

Chapel Sq, East Hendred, OX12 8JN
(01235) 833229
wheatsheafeasthendred.co.uk

A picturesque, low-beamed one-bar pub once owned by Morland, specialises in locally sourced, home cooked food. Its relatively small size manages to preserve an intimate atmosphere. Hidden behind the pub is a large and well stocked garden.