English Heritage sites near Priest Hutton Parish
WARTON OLD RECTORY
3 miles from Priest Hutton Parish
A rare survival of a large 14th-century stone house with great hall and chambers. It served as a residence and courthouse for the wealthy and powerful rectors of Warton.
STOTT PARK BOBBIN MILL
14 miles from Priest Hutton Parish
In the Lake District in Cumbria, this extensive working mill was begun in 1835 to produce the wooden bobbins vital to the Lancashire spinning and weaving industries.
BOW BRIDGE
20 miles from Priest Hutton Parish
This narrow 15th-century stone bridge across Mill Beck carried an old packhorse route to nearby Furness Abbey.
FURNESS ABBEY
20 miles from Priest Hutton Parish
The remains of an abbey founded by Stephen, later King of England, including much of the east end and west tower of the church, ornately decorated chapter house and cloister buildings.
PIEL CASTLE
20 miles from Priest Hutton Parish
The impressive ruins of a 14th-century castle with a massive keep, inner and outer baileys, and towered curtain walls still standing.
AMBLESIDE ROMAN FORT
21 miles from Priest Hutton Parish
The well-marked remains of a 2nd-century fort with large granaries, probably built under Hadrian's rule to guard the Roman road from Brougham to Ravenglass and act as a supply base.
Churches in Priest Hutton Parish
St Mary, Borwick
Borwick
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St Mary’s is a Chapel of Ease in the parish of Warton, built to serve Borwick and Priest Hutton. It was built between the two villages in the 1890s, funded by the Sharp family whose descendants still live in Borwick.
The church is a simple building, with fine pews and excellent stained glass windows by Shrigley and Hunt of Lancaster.
The church is able to use the Borwick and Priest Hutton Memorial Hall, which is just over the road, for parking and to hire for occasional events.
No churches found in Priest Hutton Parish