English Heritage sites near Wardington Parish
DEDDINGTON CASTLE
9 miles from Wardington Parish
Extensive earthworks marking the site of an 11th century motte and bailey castle.
ROLLRIGHT STONES
15 miles from Wardington 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.
NORTH LEIGH ROMAN VILLA
20 miles from Wardington 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.
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
21 miles from Wardington Parish
Once home to Robert Dudley, the great love of Queen Elizabeth I. Today you can walk in the beautifully recreated Elizabethan garden and marvel at the mighty Norman keep.
MINSTER LOVELL HALL AND DOVECOTE
23 miles from Wardington 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 HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE
25 miles from Wardington Parish
Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.
Churches in Wardington Parish
Wardington: St Mary Magdalene
Wardington
Banbury
01295 758087
https://wardington.net/st-mary-magdalene/
The earliest parts of the Church date from the 12th century. It is an interesting example of the work of country masons using local stone and it provides good examples of architecture covering the years from the 12th to 15th centuries.
The Church consists of a chancel, nave, south and north aisles, vestry, lady chapel and an embattled west tower.
The chancel is particularly interesting because there is evidence that a church existed in Wardington by the year 1150. In the south wall there is a deep, splayed, round-headed, 12th century window (formally an outside window) overlooking the Wardington Chapel. The stonework of this arch matches that of the north wall of the chancel. The main structure of the chancel, as we see it today, is 14th century which is when it was rebuilt on what would have been the site of, in all probability, an earlier chapel.
The nave is 13th century having five low Early English arches on each side on circular columns opening on to the south and north aisles.
There are six bells, which we re-hung in 1998, and are rung on two/three Sundays every month and for special services and occasions.
The present clock, with east and west faces, dates from July 1900.
Pubs in Wardington Parish
Hare & Hounds
Edgecote Lane, Lower Wardington, OX17 1SH
(01295) 750645
hareandhoundswardington.co.uk/
Plough
Plough, Upper Wardington