English Heritage sites near Chippenham Parish
ISLEHAM PRIORY CHURCH
3 miles from Chippenham Parish
Isleham Priory Church is the best example in England of a small Norman Benedictine priory church, surviving in a surprisingly unaltered state despite later conversion into a barn.
MOULTON PACKHORSE BRIDGE
4 miles from Chippenham Parish
A pretty four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.
DENNY ABBEY AND THE FARMLAND MUSEUM
11 miles from Chippenham Parish
Denny Abbey has a unique and fascinating history still traceable in the building and interpreted for visitors by graphic panels.
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
12 miles from Chippenham Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
THETFORD WARREN LODGE
14 miles from Chippenham Parish
Thetford Warren Lodge was probably built c.1400 by the Prior of Thetford; this defensible lodge protected gamekeepers and hunting parties against armed poachers.
WEETING CASTLE
14 miles from Chippenham Parish
The ruins of a substantial early medieval moated manor house, built in local flint.
Churches in Chippenham Parish
St Margaret of Antioch Chippenham
Pubs in Chippenham Parish
Tharp Arms
46 High Street, Chippenham, CB7 5PR
(01638) 720234
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