English Heritage sites near Black Bourton Parish
MINSTER LOVELL HALL AND DOVECOTE
5 miles from Black Bourton 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
10 miles from Black Bourton 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
11 miles from Black Bourton 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.
WAYLAND'S SMITHY
12 miles from Black Bourton Parish
A fine and atmospheric Neolithic chambered long barrow 2km (11/4 miles) along the Ridgeway from the Uffington White Horse: it was once believed to be the habitation of the Saxon smith-god Wayland.
NORTH HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE
13 miles from Black Bourton Parish
Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.
ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM
14 miles from Black Bourton 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.
Churches in Black Bourton Parish
Black Bourton St Mary the Virgin
Burford Road
BLACK BOURTON
Bampton
01993846144
https://www.blackbourton.org.uk
Please visit our website at http://www.12churches.org.uk/.
Pubs in Black Bourton Parish
Vines
Burford Road, Black Bourton, OX18 2PF
(01993) 843559
vinesblackbourton.co.uk