English Heritage sites near Southrop Parish
MINSTER LOVELL HALL AND DOVECOTE
10 miles from Southrop Parish
The extensive and picturesque ruins of a 15th century riverside manor house, including a fine hall, south-west tower, and complete dovecote nearby. The home of Richard III's henchman Lord Lovell.
CIRENCESTER AMPHITHEATRE
11 miles from Southrop Parish
The earthwork remains of one of the largest Roman amphitheatres in Britain, built in the early 2nd century to serve the important city of Corinium, now Cirencester.
UFFINGTON CASTLE - WHITE HORSE AND DRAGON HILL
12 miles from Southrop Parish
Three atmospheric sites lie along the Ridgeway. Uffington 'Castle' is a large Iron Age hillfort, Dragon Hill a natural mound associated in legend with St George.
WAYLAND'S SMITHY
12 miles from Southrop Parish
A fine and atmospheric Neolithic chambered long barrow 2km (11/4 miles) along the Ridgeway from the Uffington White Horse: it was once believed to be the habitation of the Saxon smith-god Wayland.
NORTH LEIGH ROMAN VILLA
15 miles from Southrop Parish
The remains of a large, well built Roman courtyard villa. The most important feature is a nearly complete mosaic tile floor, patterned in reds and browns.
WINDMILL TUMP LONG BARROW, RODMARTON
17 miles from Southrop Parish
A Neolithic chambered tomb with an enigmatic 'false entrance'. Opinions vary as to why this false entrance was built.
Churches in Southrop Parish
St Peter's, Southrop
Southrop
01367 253651
http://sctm.church/southrop/
Southrop is a tranquil Cotswold village mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. We are one of the CHEQS parishes within the South Cotswold Team Ministry.
St Peter's dates mostly from the twelfth century, with some Saxon herringbone stone visible in the outer walls. The twelfth-century font is particularly noteworthy. The carvings depict the Virtues (portrayed as mediæval figures) triumphing over the Vices. The names of the Virtues are carved, and in the spaces between them the names of the vanquished Vices are carved backwards for fear the reading of them might cause offence.
During the sixteenth & seventeenth centuries Southrop was owned by Nicholas & Dorothy Wadham, with Dorothy going on to found Wadham College in Oxford in 1610 to fulfil the wish of Nicholas at his death. A nineteenth-century vicar was John Keble, who in 1833 was instrumental in starting the 'Oxford Movement'.
Services are held on almost every Sunday, generally alternating between Holy Communion at 9.30 am on the first & third Sundays, and Evensong at 6.00 pm on the second & fourth. Details of any variations to this pattern are given on this website and at www.cheqs.church.
Pubs in Southrop Parish
Swan Inn
Southrop, GL7 3NU
(01367) 850205
thyme.co.uk/dining/the-swan-at-southrop