English Heritage sites near Silk Willoughby Parish
TATTERSHALL COLLEGE
14 miles from Silk Willoughby Parish
Remains of a grammar school for church choristers, founded in the mid-15th century by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, the builder of nearby Tattershall Castle (National Trust).
LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE
19 miles from Silk Willoughby Parish
Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.
SIBSEY TRADER WINDMILL
19 miles from Silk Willoughby Parish
Built in 1877, this restored six storey mill with complete gear, sails and fantail still works today.
BOLINGBROKE CASTLE
23 miles from Silk Willoughby Parish
The remains of a 13th-century hexagonal castle, birthplace in 1367 of the future King Henry IV, with adjacent earthworks. Besieged and taken by Cromwell's Parliamentarians in 1643.
LONGTHORPE TOWER
28 miles from Silk Willoughby Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
RUFFORD ABBEY
29 miles from Silk Willoughby Parish
The best-preserved remains of a Cistercian abbey west cloister range in England, dating mainly from about 1170. Incorporated into part of a 17th century and later mansion, set in Rufford Country Park.
Churches in Silk Willoughby Parish
St Denis
Church Lane
Silk Willoughby
Lincoln
01529 302427
We are a Grade 1 listed building.
The church is probably on the site of an earlier pre-Norman church, Domesday Book (1086/7) having listed a church.
The person for whom the present church was built was William Armine,who bought the manors of Silkby and Wilgebi (hence Silk Willoughby) from Rodger de Mortayne and Isabelle,his wife, in 1329/30.He became Bishop of Norwich( 1325-1336), Lord Chancellor of England (1326) and Lord High Treasurer (1331-1332).
The church is built of stone. The nave and aisles are Decorated, ( built between 1329/30 and 1336), and the chancel was rebuilt in 1878 in the Perpendicular style.
We have a ring of six bells. Practice night is every Monday (except Bank holidays) ,between 7.00pm-9.00pm. Visitors welcome.
Wooded Jacobean pulpit. - probably of the period of James I (1603-1625).
Lectern.- upstanding wooden Eagle on a triangular base and stand by W.Kingsley Mac Dermott 1910.
Font. - Norman c.1100. Drum shaped bowl in stone. 200+years older than the church.
Pews.- The Pews are old ( some thought to be 14th or 15th century), but a few are more moden copies.All with poppyhead carved ends.
Stained glass.- few Fragments and larger pieces of medieval glass remain, and are incorporated into later windows.
The window of the Last Supper by William Francis Dixon ( 1848-1928) in the south wall of the chancel was installed in 1890.
The chancel east window, installed in 1897, is by Christopher Whall, leader of a group of Arts and Crafts stained glass artists. The Jubilee window was commissioned for the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The designer was Glen Carter.
Pubs in Silk Willoughby Parish
Horseshoes
London Road, Silk Willoughby, NG34 8NZ
(01529) 414092
horseshoessilkwilloughby.co.uk/