English Heritage sites near Longford Parish
CROXDEN ABBEY
10 miles from Longford Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
WINGFIELD MANOR
15 miles from Longford Parish
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
15 miles from Longford Parish
Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
16 miles from Longford Parish
A small early Bronze Age stone circle of (actually) ten stones. Believed to be nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on Sunday.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
17 miles from Longford Parish
The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set in high moorland. A circle of some 50 white limestone slabs within an earthen bank and ditch.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
20 miles from Longford Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
Churches in Longford Parish
Longford: St Chad
Off Long Lane
Longford
Derby
01335 330297
We are proud to have a good Church of England (Controlled) School. For details see:-
http://schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk/8303064/overview/
Sutton-on-the-Hill: St Michael
Church Lane
Sutton-on-the-Hill
Derby
01283 732846
We are a small village congregation meeting in a beautiful building, in a wonderful picturesque location. We worship the God who created us and loves us. We would love to welcome you to our church and share God's love with you.