English Heritage sites near Garthorpe and Fockerby Parish
HOWDEN MINSTER
8 miles from Garthorpe and Fockerby Parish
The elaborately decorated ruins of a 14th-century chancel and chapter house (viewable only from the outside), attached to the still operational cathedral-like minster church.
ST PETER'S CHURCH, BARTON-UPON-HUMBER
12 miles from Garthorpe and Fockerby Parish
Located in North Lincolnshire, St Peter's Church is an archaeological and architectural treasure trove waiting for you to discover. It is home to over 2800 burials from Anglo-Saxon to Victorian times.
GAINSTHORPE MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
13 miles from Garthorpe and Fockerby 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
17 miles from Garthorpe and Fockerby Parish
Thornton Abbey’s enormous and ornate fortified gatehouse is the largest and amongst the finest of all English Monastic gatehouses.
GAINSBOROUGH OLD HALL
18 miles from Garthorpe and Fockerby Parish
A little-known gem, Gainsborough Old Hall is among the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England. Partly brick and timber-framed, and mainly later 15th century with Elizabethan additions.
MATTERSEY PRIORY
20 miles from Garthorpe and Fockerby Parish
The remains, mainly the 13th century refectory and kitchen, of a small monastery for just six Gilbertine canons - the only wholly English monastic order.