English Heritage sites near Norton Canon Parish
ARTHUR'S STONE
5 miles from Norton Canon Parish
An atmospheric Neolithic burial chamber, made of great stone slabs in the hills above Herefordshire's Golden Valley.
ROTHERWAS CHAPEL
12 miles from Norton Canon Parish
Family chapel of the Bodenham family. The originally simple medieval building has a fine Elizabethan timber roof, 18th century tower and striking Victorian interior decoration and furnishings.
LONGTOWN CASTLE
12 miles from Norton Canon Parish
A powerful thick-walled round keep of c.1150 on a large earthen mound within a stone-walled bailey. Set in the beautiful Olchon valley, with magnificent views of the Black Mountains.
WIGMORE CASTLE
13 miles from Norton Canon Parish
One of the most important castles in the history of the Welsh Marches and major centre of power for over 500 years, hosting royalty on several occasions. Deliberately demolished during the Civil War.
EDVIN LOACH OLD CHURCH
19 miles from Norton Canon Parish
The ruins of an 11th century and later church built within the earthworks of a Norman motte and bailey castle, with a Victorian church nearby. The site of hundreds of years of worship.
CLUN CASTLE
21 miles from Norton Canon Parish
11th century Welsh Border castle with dramatic riverside location and extensive earthworks built to proclaim Norman dominance. Tall 13th century keep is unusually set on the side of its mound.
Churches in Norton Canon Parish
St Nicholas
Norton Canon
Hereford
07507 794779
http://www.weobleyandstaunton.org
Our church provides a spiritual home to the villagers of Norton Canon. We celebrate a communion service together on the first Sunday of the month at 9m, as well as feast day services and an annual charity ‘Toy Service' held to mark the feast day of St Nicholas. Our fund-raising efforts are inventive and well supported by locals: we recently pioneered a successful village Scarecrow festival in addition to our popular Christmas Fayre. The church is located between two fields with a lovely rural view across the churchyard. It is possible that an original church dates from circa 400 AD on the site. The medieval era church was then renovated in 1706. We were fortunate to have our church bells refurbished and these are in good working order.
Norton Canon is noted in the Domesday Book as belonging to the canons of Hereford cathedral, and has belonged to that body without interruption to the present day.
Porch - Very little remains of the old church, except for the 13th century tower which has 5 bells, but it is accepted that the church was built during the 13th century, although a stone piscena kept in the vestry indicates a 12th century church.
The church stands alongside a Roman road between Sarnesfield Eccles Green ( Eccles possibly from the Welsh eglwys, meaning church.)and Portway.
The discovery of a Roman incised stone in the foundations of the church may indicate an even earlier religious site.
It is possible that Christians have walked the paths to this church for 900 years, enjoying the same panoramic views we still enjoy today.
The nave, chancel and porch were re-built in 1706. Further restoration took place in 1868-1869.
Pubs in Norton Canon Parish
Three Horseshoes
A traditional early Victorian redbrick roadside pub of timeless rural character, previously home to the Shoes Brewery (located at the rear of the premises), and one of only a handful of pubs to still have a shooting gallery.