Heritage sites in LAVENHAM PARISH

English Heritage sites near Lavenham Parish

LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL

5 miles from Lavenham Parish

A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.

BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY

10 miles from Lavenham Parish

The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.

LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE

15 miles from Lavenham Parish

The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.

COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY

16 miles from Lavenham Parish

The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.

MOULTON PACKHORSE BRIDGE

16 miles from Lavenham Parish

A pretty four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.

ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE

16 miles from Lavenham Parish

This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.

Churches in Lavenham Parish

Lavenham, St Peter and St Paul

Church Street Lavenham Sudbury
(01787) 247244
http://www.lavenham.church

A glorious building of cathedral-like proportions mainly dating from around 1500 at the height of Lavenham's period of prosperity as a wool-cloth manufacturing town. The church, which incorporates a wealth of carving in both oak and stone, was financed by the 13th Earl of Oxford - Lord of the Manor - and a number of wealthy cloth merchants, including the immensely rich Thomas Spring III.

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Pubs in Lavenham Parish

Angel

Market Place, Lavenham, CO10 9QZ
(01787) 247388
theangellavenham.co.uk/

Stands in the ancient market area at the centre of this historic village. Four local real ales are always on tap and these together with a good wine list, complement the food for which the Angel is renowned. An a la carte menu using local p...

Cock Horse

37 Church St, Lavenham, CO10 9SA
(01787) 827330
thecockhorse.com

Thatched pub close to a large public car-park and opposite the famous medieval town church. Stone floor and beams in bar area. Enclosed garden for families to rear. Disabled toilet. The current pub was built to replace a nearby pub of the s...

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