English Heritage sites near South Leigh Parish

Minster Lovell Hall and Dovecote

MINSTER LOVELL HALL AND DOVECOTE

4 miles from South Leigh 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

NORTH LEIGH ROMAN VILLA

4 miles from South Leigh 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.

North Hinksey Conduit House

NORTH HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE

7 miles from South Leigh Parish

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

Abingdon County Hall Museum

ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM

10 miles from South Leigh 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

15 miles from South Leigh 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.

Rollright Stones

ROLLRIGHT STONES

15 miles from South Leigh 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.


Churches in South Leigh Parish

South Leigh St James the Great

Church End South Leigh Oxfordshire
(01993) 779613

'Many English churches have ancient wall paintings, but few as vivid as those at South Leigh. To experience a church like this is to connect with a huge swathe of lost history' Nick Mayhew Smith in Britain's Holiest Places (Bristol, Lifestyle Press 2011) p.79. But beautiful though our church is, it is not just an historic building but a vibrant, living and supportive Christian community that seeks to serve both the village of South Leigh and the wider Witney area. Welcome. 

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Pubs in South Leigh Parish

Mason Arms

Station Road, South Leigh, OX29 6XN
(01993) 656238
artistresidence.co.uk/masonarms/

A brew pub from 1974 until 1982, this early 17th century, 2 storey, thatched pub was put on the market in 2013 by controversial owner Gerry Stonhill who ran it in his own idisyncratic style and was prosecuted in 2008 for flouting the smokin...