English Heritage sites near Teddington Parish
HAILES ABBEY
5 miles from Teddington Parish
Founded by the Earl of Cornwall in thanks for surviving a shipwreck. It housed a renowned relic, ‘the Holy Blood of Hailes’: allegedly a phial of Christ’s blood. Great picnic spot. Audio tours.
BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW
6 miles from Teddington Parish
A particularly fine example of a Neolithic long barrow of c.3800 BC, featuring a false entrance and side chambers. During excavations in the 1860s, the remains of 31 people were found in the chambers.
ODDA'S CHAPEL
7 miles from Teddington Parish
One of the most complete surviving Saxon churches in England, this chapel was built in 1056 by Earl Odda, and rediscovered in 1865 subsumed into a farmhouse. Nearby is the famous Saxon parish church.
GREYFRIARS
13 miles from Teddington Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
BLACKFRIARS
13 miles from Teddington Parish
One of the most complete surviving Dominican friaries in England, later converted into a Tudor house and cloth factory. Notable features include the church and fine scissor-braced dormitory roof.
GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA
13 miles from Teddington Parish
The remains of a large and luxurious villa built about AD 250, with a bathhouse complex, perhaps the shrine of a water spirit, and mosaics.
Churches in Teddington Parish
St Margaret
Pear Tree Cottages
Alstone
Tewkesbury
07984 748059
The original church dates from the 12th century, but it was rebuilt in the 13th century, altered in the 17th century and restored in 1880 and Unusually for Gloucestershire, it has a red tiled roof, and a timber-framed bell tower. The latter is finished in black and white, with a hipped roof, and dates from the 18th century, but the overall impression is that it is much newer, and is rather reminiscent of the "Arts & Crafts" Churches, such as Brockhampton, in Herefordshire."
St Margaret's is usually open daily during daylight hours.
Alstone was transferred from Worcestershire to Gloucestershire in 1844. The village became part of Teddington Civil Parish in 1935. The eccesiastical parish remains in the Diocese of Worcester.
St Nicholas
Pubs in Teddington Parish
Teddington Hands
Evesham Road, Teddington, GL20 8NE
(01386) 725010
theteddingtonhands.uk/