English Heritage sites near Upper Winchendon Parish
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
16 miles from Upper Winchendon Parish
Visit the substantial remains of a strong and important motte and bailey castle dating from the 11th to 13th centuries, with surrounding walls, ditches and earthworks.
NORTH HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE
16 miles from Upper Winchendon Parish
Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.
ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM
18 miles from Upper Winchendon 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.
DEDDINGTON CASTLE
20 miles from Upper Winchendon Parish
Extensive earthworks marking the site of an 11th century motte and bailey castle.
NORTH LEIGH ROMAN VILLA
21 miles from Upper Winchendon 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.
OLD GORHAMBURY HOUSE
23 miles from Upper Winchendon Parish
The remains of a once immense mansion built in 1563-8 by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Queen Elizabeth’s Lord Keeper and visited by the queen on at least four occasions.
Churches in Upper Winchendon Parish
Over (upper) Winchendon: St Mary Magdalene
Church Lane
Over Winchendon
Aylesbury
01296 655069
https://www.waddesdonparish.org/
Construction of the nave of this church started around 1100 and the tower was added in the 15th century. The bells, which have recently been refurbished, are over 300 years old but the bell case was constructed when the tower was built.
The church has one of the earliest examples of a 14th century pulpit, carved out of one piece of solid oak. From this pulpit John Wesley preached his first recorded sermon after his ordination, on 3 October 1725. The pews at the rear of the church are original and date back to the 16th century. The various floor levels give the church a quaint charm
This lovely building, which has outlasted the original village for which it was built, is one of the few examples in the country of a church in its ancient form, with no electricity or organ. The last major restoration took place in 1887.
Pubs in Upper Winchendon Parish
Upper Winchendon Social Club
Private members Club. Membership £5 a year, £2.50 for OAPs. Previously a village reading room provided for estate workers who were employed by the Rothchild's at Waddesdon Manor. Bingo nights, Christmas raffles and occassional fetes are som...