English Heritage sites near Ewelme Parish
ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM
10 miles from Ewelme 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.
NORTH HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE
12 miles from Ewelme Parish
Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.
DONNINGTON CASTLE
19 miles from Ewelme 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.
SILCHESTER ROMAN CITY WALLS AND AMPHITHEATRE
19 miles from Ewelme Parish
Originally a tribal centre of the Iron Age Atrebates, Silchester became the large and important Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum.
NORTH LEIGH ROMAN VILLA
21 miles from Ewelme 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.
UFFINGTON CASTLE - WHITE HORSE AND DRAGON HILL
22 miles from Ewelme 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.
Churches in Ewelme Parish
Ewelme St Mary the Virgin
Parson's Lane
Ewelme
Wallingford
https://bensonandewelmechurches.co.uk
St Mary's Ewelme is an exceptional Church with a distinguished history. The present building has not changed greatly for almost 600 years, having been reordered in 1437. It is a rare opportunity to see a place of worship with strong echoes stretching back over 100 years before the Reformation. Many people from all over the world come to see the tomb of Alice de la Pole, Geoffrey Chaucer's grandaughter, Duchess of Suffolk and founder of the Trust, "God's House at Ewelme". The founders' prayer is still used on special occasions,
"God have mercy on the Sowles of the noble Prince King Harry the Sext and of the Sowles of my Lord William sum time Duke of Suffolk and my Lady Alice Duchess of Suffolk his wyfe our first founders and of their fadyr and modyr sowles and all Cristen sowles."
Because of the connection with the Dukes of Suffolk, the architecture, the tomb and the famous "angel" roof in the chapel of St. John the Baptist have more in common with East Anglian churches than nearer neighbours in Oxfordshire.
As the entries in our visitor's book testify, St. Mary's is a place of peace and tranquility. We welcome travelers, who come for a sense of history or those searching for a sense of peace in the face of God.
Worship is largely traditional but it is our hope and aim that we are traditional rather than traditionalist.
Like most churches we survive on people's generosity and donations and our running costs are about £700 a week. If you have visited or requested information, we would be very grateful if you took advantage of the online donation service, which can be done easily and in a tax effective manner by clicking on the "Support via Donation" button just to right of this text.
Pubs in Ewelme Parish
Shepherd's Hut
High Street, Ewelme, OX10 6HQ
(01491) 836636
shepherdshutewelme.co.uk