English Heritage sites near Ludborough Parish
THORNTON ABBEY AND GATEHOUSE
18 miles from Ludborough Parish
Thornton Abbey’s enormous and ornate fortified gatehouse is the largest and amongst the finest of all English Monastic gatehouses.
BOLINGBROKE CASTLE
20 miles from Ludborough 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.
GAINSTHORPE MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
22 miles from Ludborough Parish
A deserted medieval village, one of the best-preserved examples in England, clearly visible as a complex of grassy humps and bumps.
ST PETER'S CHURCH, BARTON-UPON-HUMBER
23 miles from Ludborough Parish
Located in North Lincolnshire, St Peter's Church is an archaeological and architectural treasure trove waiting for you to discover. It is home to over 2800 burials from Anglo-Saxon to Victorian times.
TATTERSHALL COLLEGE
24 miles from Ludborough 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
25 miles from Ludborough Parish
Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.
Churches in Ludborough Parish
St Marys, Ludborough
Station Road
Ludborough
01472 840505
The original Church was built c1200AD (towards the end of the Crusades, and its Bishop witnessed the Magna Carta), however, it has been changed and re-built over time. The current tower dates back to the 14th century, built of local sandstone and has been used as a look out post in times of danger (as recently as the last world war). The tower has three magnificent bells.
Around the early 1700s one Mr. James Bond was the resident Curate.
Pubs in Ludborough Parish
Livesey Arms
Livesey Road, Ludborough, DN36 5SF
(01472) 840038
theliveseyarms.com