English Heritage sites near Chelmorton Parish
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
5 miles from Chelmorton Parish
The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set in high moorland. A circle of some 50 white limestone slabs within an earthen bank and ditch.
PEVERIL CASTLE
8 miles from Chelmorton Parish
Founded soon after 1066 by William Peverel, one of William the Conqueror's most trusted knights, Peveril Castle offers breathtaking views of the Peak District from its position high above Castleton.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
10 miles from Chelmorton Parish
A small early Bronze Age stone circle of (actually) ten stones. Believed to be nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on Sunday.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
11 miles from Chelmorton Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
CROXDEN ABBEY
19 miles from Chelmorton Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
WINGFIELD MANOR
19 miles from Chelmorton Parish
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.
Churches in Chelmorton Parish
St John the Baptist Church, Chelmorton
St John the Baptist Church
Main Street
Chelmorton
Buxton
Our Team
Vicar
The Reverend Adele Barker is Priest in Charge for churches in both the White Peak and Youlgrave benefices.
The Reverend Adele Barker
The New Vicarage
Conksbury Lane
Youlgreave
Bakewell
DE45 1WR
Tel: 01629 630409
Mobile: 07946 154852
Email: [email protected]
Churchwarden
Mr Richard Heap
Email: [email protected]
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Pubs in Chelmorton Parish
Church Inn
Main Street, Chelmorton, SK17 9SL
(01298) 85319
thechurchinn.co.uk/