English Heritage sites near Uttoxeter Rural Parish
CROXDEN ABBEY
4 miles from Uttoxeter Rural 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.
WALL ROMAN SITE
17 miles from Uttoxeter Rural Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
19 miles from Uttoxeter Rural 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.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
20 miles from Uttoxeter Rural Parish
Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
21 miles from Uttoxeter Rural 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.
BOSCOBEL HOUSE AND THE ROYAL OAK
22 miles from Uttoxeter Rural Parish
Enjoy a day out at Boscobel House and its famous The Royal Oak as you discover one of the most dramatic escape stories in English History. Visitors can explore the restored oak pasture and orchard, get hands-on with history in the house, meet the farmyard animals and have fun in the play area.
Churches in Uttoxeter Rural Parish
Bramshall St. Lawrence
Church Lane
Bramshall
Uttoxeter
(01889) 565228
There has been a Church on the site in Bramshall for many hundreds of years although the current building (which replaced the one built during the reign of Edward III 1312-1377) only dates back to 1835. The church building is a simple structure of Gothic design with a seating capacity of approximately 90. The records show that the Church had a Rector in 1228 (indicating an even earlier third church building) and a Warden in 1552. The last full time Rector for the Parish left in 1922 when Bramshall became a United Benefice with Uttoxeter. The ecclesiastical Parish of Bramshall is now part of the Uttoxeter Area of Parishes.
The tower contains 3 bells of which the tenor and treble have been listed for preservation (these being circa 1590 & 1500 respectively). The remnant of stained glass is limited to six 14th century 'de Stafforde' shields; a 16th century panel of fragments representing Alice Tame, the Lady Verney, and 3 very early English quatrefoils which have only recently been reinstated. There is a connection with Compton Verney (in Warwickshire) in that the former Lord of the Manor (Lord Willoughby de Broke) resided at both Loxley Hall and, latterly, at Compton Verney. The original box pews were replaced by the current oak pews in the mid 1960's, at which time also a new East Window (depicting Christ on the throne with Saints Lawrence and Chad kneeling in adoration) was put in place.
Stramshall St.Michael and All Angels
Pubs in Uttoxeter Rural Parish
Butcher's Arms
Stone Road, Bramshall, ST14 5BG
(01889) 563634
oldbramshall.co.uk/
Olive Tree
High Street, Stramshall, ST14 5AL
(01889) 567263
olivetreestramshall.co.uk/
Red Cow
The owners converted the pub into a private house for themselves, with additional housing built on the site
Robin Hood
Hidden away at the edge of the village. Formally three cottages, one of which is now a cosy seperate bar at ground floor level. There is now also a modern resturant extension. A guaranteed warm welcome, alongside a high standard of servic...