English Heritage sites near Stretton-on-Fosse Parish
ROLLRIGHT STONES
6 miles from Stretton-on-Fosse 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.
HAILES ABBEY
12 miles from Stretton-on-Fosse 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
15 miles from Stretton-on-Fosse 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.
DEDDINGTON CASTLE
16 miles from Stretton-on-Fosse Parish
Extensive earthworks marking the site of an 11th century motte and bailey castle.
MINSTER LOVELL HALL AND DOVECOTE
18 miles from Stretton-on-Fosse 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.
NORTH LEIGH ROMAN VILLA
18 miles from Stretton-on-Fosse 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.
Churches in Stretton-on-Fosse Parish
Stretton on Fosse - St. Peter
Located in the heart to the village
Stretton-on-Fosse
Moreton-in-Marsh
07952544820
https://fosseway6churches.weebly.com/
Stretton's 'church' history goes back to Saxon times, although our current building is from 1841. <span style="font-size: 1rem;">Stretton on Fosse St Peter</span>
The parish church of ST. PETER, rebuilt (fn. 88) and enlarged in 1841, consists of a chancel with a south vestry, nave (50 ft. long), and a west porch and bell-turret. No ancient architectural features remain.
The small chancel has a traceried east window of four lights; the nave, divided by buttresses into four bays, has a two-light window in each bay in the north and south walls. The entrance is at the west end from a porch that is flanked by a small north chamber and a south staircase to a gallery. Over the porch is an octagonal bell-turret lighted by windows in gables, the whole crowned by a small stone spire. The walls are of ashlar, the roofs covered with slates.
On the west wall of the small north-west chamber is a plain black oval tablet to Edward Gibbs 1699 and Elizabeth his widow 1713. All the fittings and furniture are modern.
The registers begin in 1538
Pubs in Stretton-on-Fosse Parish
Plough Inn
Stretton-on-Fosse, GL56 9QX
(01608) 661053
strettonplough.com/