English Heritage sites near Breamore Parish
OLD SARUM
9 miles from Breamore Parish
Site of the original Salisbury, this mighty Iron Age hill fort was where the first cathedral once stood and the Romans, Normans and Saxons have all left their mark during 5000 years of history.
KNOWLTON CHURCH AND EARTHWORKS
9 miles from Breamore Parish
The siting of this ruined medieval church at the centre of a Neolithic ritual henge earthwork symbolises the transition from pagan to Christian worship and creates an atmospheric scene.
OLD WARDOUR CASTLE
14 miles from Breamore Parish
Set in landscaped grounds beside a lake in peaceful Wiltshire countryside, these 14th century ruins provide a relaxed, romantic day out for couples, families and budding historians alike.
STONEHENGE
15 miles from Breamore Parish
Walk in the footsteps of your Neolithic ancestors at Stonehenge – one of the wonders of the world and the best-known prehistoric monument in Europe.
WOODHENGE
15 miles from Breamore Parish
Dating from about 2500 BC, markers now replace rings of timber posts, which once possibly supported a ring-shaped building. Discovered in 1925 when rings of dark spots were noticed in a crop of wheat.
CHRISTCHURCH CASTLE AND NORMAN HOUSE
16 miles from Breamore Parish
The castle remains include parts of the keep and the 12th century riverside chamber block or Norman House, a very early example of domestic architecture including a rare Norman chimney.
Churches in Breamore Parish
St Mary, Breamore
near to Breamore House & Museum
Breamore
Fordingbridge
(01425) 653163
https://www.AvonValleyChurches.org.uk
Welcome, especially if you've found us to discover more about getting married in Church.
We welcome everyone who wants to explore getting married in church to contact us via
our Parish Office (open Monday to Friday 10.30am to 12 noon)
Telephone 01425 653163 and talk to Jackie or Gail
or email us: [email protected]
We will help make it the best day of your lives!
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Breamore church is a large and handsome structure and is of
special interest, being a valuable and practically complete
example of a Saxon building dating from late in the 10th
century. It is exceptionally long (96ft 6in) and consists of a
chancel and aisle-less nave, separated by a square central
tower, from which there opened originally a lateral porticus or
chapel or transept on each side, the one on the north having
now disappeared, and there are indications that a western
adjunct also existed opening into and of the same width as the
nave.
The walls are composed of whole flints with large quoins of
irregular long and short work and pilaster strips of green
sandstone and ironstone, but the appearance it now presents is
very different to its original aspect, for the whole church both
within and without was covered in pro-conquest times with
plaster, the only portions left uncovered being the quoins and
pilaster strips.
It is an exceptional place for worship and prayer.
Pubs in Breamore Parish
Bat & Ball
Salisbury Road, Breamore, SP6 2EA
(01725) 512252
batandballbreamore.co.uk/