English Heritage sites near Limington Parish
SHERBORNE OLD CASTLE
7 miles from Limington Parish
Built on a grand scale in the 12th century by the Bishop of Salisbury, Sherborne was coveted by churchmen and noblemen alike giving it a long, chequered history. Picnic, shop, light refreshments.
MUCHELNEY ABBEY
7 miles from Limington Parish
Once a wealthy Benedictine house, Muchelney’s main buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538. See the richly decorated cloister walk and thatched monks’ lavatory – the only one in Britain.
GLASTONBURY TRIBUNAL
11 miles from Limington Parish
Fine, late 15th century stone townhouse, early Tudor façade and panelled interiors. Home to Glastonbury Lake Village Museum: discover life 2000 years ago when much of Somerset consisted of marshy sea.
MEARE FISH HOUSE
13 miles from Limington Parish
The only surviving monastic fishery building in England, this housed the Abbot of Glastonbury's water bailiff and provided facilities for fish-salting and drying.
FIDDLEFORD MANOR
17 miles from Limington Parish
The principal parts of a small stone manor house, probably begun about 1370 for William Latimer, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset. The hall and solar chamber display outstandingly fine timber roofs.
NUNNEY CASTLE
19 miles from Limington Parish
Picturesque moated castle built in the 1370s. Held for the King during the Civil War, falling to Parliamentarian cannon in 1645: the gun-damaged wall finally collapsing on Christmas Day 1910.
Churches in Limington Parish
The Blessed Virgin Mary
Church Street
Limington
(01935) 849441
https://ilchester-district-churches.com/
St Mary’s is a welcoming community! We gather together to celebrate and worship on a regular basis with BCP Holy Communion and Evening Prayer.
We are a part of, and value greatly our fellowship with all the churches of The Ilchester Benefice (Ilchester with Northover, Limington and Yeovilton with Podimore). We also have a strong relationship with the Fleet Air Arm Memorial church of St Bartholomew in Yeovilton village.
The Church dates from the late 14th century and includes fragments of an earlier building. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
Fragments of the north door and tower date from the Norman period, but most of the building are from the 14th century with the chantry chapel being dated to 1328. It is built of local stone with Hamstone dressings. The tower has six bells, the oldest of which is from the 15th century. The interior includes a pulpit and alter table from the 17th century and an octagonal font from the 16th. There are several effigies including one of Sir Richard Gyvernay who built the chantry chapel and died in 1329. Below this is a smaller female figure and there is also a double monument of a male and female figure, which are believed to be Henry and Matilda Power and date from the 1340s. Today these figures are used internationally in the study of the development of funeral stone carvings in medieval England.
Significantly Limington was the only ‘living’ held by Thomas Wolsey. He is believed to have lived in the village and operated as the parish priest in situ for 5 of the 9 years he held the living. The last few years saw him begin his work at the court of Henry VIII.
The time of the Common wealth saw the then rector John Connant preach in the House of Commons on the 'need to reform theChurch of England'. He became one of the Wesminster Divines who wokred on the concept of a single prayer book, a common bible and whose main work became the Presbyterian church after the restoration.
If you enjoy worshipping God in Christ Jesus you might like to join us on a Sunday; we would love to meet you and get to know you, and hopefully the feeling will be mutual.
Pubs in Limington Parish
Lamb & Lark Inn
The Lamb and Lark Inn is a free house situated approximately 1½ miles from Ilchester and about 2 miles from the A303 in Somerset. There are regular events each month such as curry nights, live entertainment and quiz nights. The quiz nights,...