English Heritage sites near Ashley Parish
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
6 miles from Ashley Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
6 miles from Ashley Parish
Set beside the church of a picturesque ironstone village, Lyddington Bede House originated as the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln.
KIRBY HALL
8 miles from Ashley Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
8 miles from Ashley Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
APETHORPE PALACE
14 miles from Ashley Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
JEWRY WALL
16 miles from Ashley Parish
A length of Roman bath-house wall over 9 metres (30 feet) high, near a museum displaying the archaeology of Leicester and its region.
Churches in Ashley Parish
St Mary the Virgin
Location: The village of Ashley comprises some 110 houses and three farms, and lies in farming countryside in the Welland Valley on the border of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire, and between Market Harborough and Uppingham
Building: This Grade 1-listed medieval church was completely refurbished and restored in 1864 by Revd Richard Pulteney under the direction of Sir George Gilbert Scott. The inside of the church is an outstanding example of the Victorian Gothic style as promoted by the Cambridge Camden Society in mid-C19.
Congregation: we are part of a rural benefice of 5 churches. We have three services a month: a Village Service or communion on the 2nd Sunday; a traditional sung evensong on the 3rd Sunday, and a traditional 9am Communion on the 4th Sunday. The latter is normally followed by breakfast at a local pub.
Pubs in Ashley Parish
George
21 Main Street, Ashley, LE16 8HF
(01858) 565900
thegeorgeatashley.com/