English Heritage sites near Brinkhill Parish
BOLINGBROKE CASTLE
6 miles from Brinkhill Parish
The remains of a 13th-century hexagonal castle, birthplace in 1367 of the future King Henry IV, with adjacent earthworks. Besieged and taken by Cromwell's Parliamentarians in 1643.
TATTERSHALL COLLEGE
14 miles from Brinkhill Parish
Remains of a grammar school for church choristers, founded in the mid-15th century by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, the builder of nearby Tattershall Castle (National Trust).
SIBSEY TRADER WINDMILL
14 miles from Brinkhill Parish
Built in 1877, this restored six storey mill with complete gear, sails and fantail still works today.
LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE
24 miles from Brinkhill Parish
Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.
GAINSTHORPE MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
31 miles from Brinkhill Parish
A deserted medieval village, one of the best-preserved examples in England, clearly visible as a complex of grassy humps and bumps.
THORNTON ABBEY AND GATEHOUSE
32 miles from Brinkhill Parish
Thornton Abbey’s enormous and ornate fortified gatehouse is the largest and amongst the finest of all English Monastic gatehouses.
Churches in Brinkhill Parish
St Philip, Brinkhill
The present day parish church was built in red brick with greenstone bands and slate in 1857 by Maugham and Fowler. It replaced the original chalk and thatch building.
The church was built to be aligned east to west, with a south facing porch, a nave with a bell at its west end and a new chancel. The church is grade II listed.
There is an attached vestry and hall to the north of the nave which was added in 1988.
In the churchyard stands an ancient scheduled monument and grade II listed churchyard cross, the base of which dates from the 14th century, with a 19th century alteration.
No churches found in Brinkhill Parish