English Heritage sites near Snailwell Parish
MOULTON PACKHORSE BRIDGE
4 miles from Snailwell Parish
A pretty four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.
ISLEHAM PRIORY CHURCH
4 miles from Snailwell Parish
Isleham Priory Church is the best example in England of a small Norman Benedictine priory church, surviving in a surprisingly unaltered state despite later conversion into a barn.
DENNY ABBEY AND THE FARMLAND MUSEUM
9 miles from Snailwell Parish
Denny Abbey has a unique and fascinating history still traceable in the building and interpreted for visitors by graphic panels.
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
13 miles from Snailwell Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
WEETING CASTLE
16 miles from Snailwell Parish
The ruins of a substantial early medieval moated manor house, built in local flint.
THETFORD WARREN LODGE
16 miles from Snailwell Parish
Thetford Warren Lodge was probably built c.1400 by the Prior of Thetford; this defensible lodge protected gamekeepers and hunting parties against armed poachers.
Churches in Snailwell Parish
Chapel of Venerable Bede
St Andrew, Sausthorpe
Partney Road
Sausthorpe
Spilsby
01790 752344
Dedicated to St Andrew and a Grade II listed building, the parish church of Sausthorpe was designed by Charles Kirk and built in 1842. </span>St. Andrew's church has been a landmark alongside the road for centuries.
Its construction was sponsored by Rev. Francis A. Swan, Lord of the Manor and parish rector, and it was on the site of an earlier medieval structure.
The church contains 19th century furniture including elaborately carved chair. 2 late 18th century floor slabs each with single carved shield of arms. Further 18th century floor slab. Some decorative 19 century tiles to the chancel/nave floor.
South chancel windows with Morris & Co. stained glass, 1907 and 1908. The stained glass was donated by the Swan family who were landowners who funded the replacement and restoration of the church.
The spire is a prominent local landmark, and resembles on a smaller scale the spire of St. James Church, Louth, 12 miles (19 km) to the north. Inside the church, and outside in the sun dappled graveyard, can be seen many graves dating back late to the 18th and early 19th century.
St Francis of Assisi
St Peter's Snailwell
Church Lane
Snailwell
Ely
01638 577745
https://www.threeriversgroup.co.uk/
We are small and friendly congregation, active across village life. We maintain weekly Sunday worship as well as a more reflective short Wednesday evening service to help people feel close to God
Pubs in Snailwell Parish
George & Dragon
31 The Street, Snailwell, CB8 7LX
(01638) 577241
georgeanddragonsnailwell.co.uk