English Heritage sites near Clipston Parish
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
8 miles from Clipston Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
12 miles from Clipston Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
14 miles from Clipston Parish
Set beside the church of a picturesque ironstone village, Lyddington Bede House originated as the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln.
KIRBY HALL
15 miles from Clipston Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
JEWRY WALL
16 miles from Clipston Parish
A length of Roman bath-house wall over 9 metres (30 feet) high, near a museum displaying the archaeology of Leicester and its region.
CHICHELE COLLEGE
18 miles from Clipston Parish
The gatehouse, chapel and other remains of a communal residence for priests serving the parish church, founded by locally-born Archbishop Chichele before 1425. Regularly used for events, and art and heritage exhibitions.
Churches in Clipston Parish
ALL SAINTS, Clipston, Northamptonshire
Church Lane Clipston
Clipston
Northampton
(01858) 525342
http://www.nasebygroup.org/
There has been a church on the site of All Saints since the 11th century, the current building was re-built in the 13th century with the south aisle added later. The church was restored between 1886-1888. The church has two fonts, one of Norman origin. The clock was installed for Queen Victoria's Jubilee. In the 1980s a meeting room, kitchen and toilet facilities were added and a ringing chamber floor created to provide a choir vestry.
In addition to Sunday worship the church building will be open every Wednesday Morning when we have the Orbell Cafe open from 9:00 am till 12:00.
Pubs in Clipston Parish
Bulls Head
10 Harborough Road, Clipston, LE16 9RT
(01858) 525268
bullshead-clipston.co.uk