English Heritage sites near Great Whelnetham Parish
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
3 miles from Great Whelnetham Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
11 miles from Great Whelnetham Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
MOULTON PACKHORSE BRIDGE
12 miles from Great Whelnetham Parish
A pretty four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.
THETFORD, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE
15 miles from Great Whelnetham Parish
The only surviving remains in England of a priory of Canons of the Holy Sepulchre, who aided pilgrims to Christ's tomb: the ruined nave of their 14th-century church, later used as a barn.
THETFORD PRIORY
15 miles from Great Whelnetham Parish
The extensive remains of one of the most important East Anglian monasteries, the Cluniac Priory of Our Lady of Thetford and the burial place of the earls and dukes of Norfolk for 400 years.
THETFORD WARREN LODGE
16 miles from Great Whelnetham 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 Great Whelnetham Parish
St Thomas à Becket Great Whelnetham
Stanningfield Road
Gt Whelnetham
Bury St Edmunds
01284 828599
https://cockfieldbenefice.com/
A friendly church with a regular monthly communion service and other services such as healing services and informal praise and worship services. The church is situated opposite Gt Whelnetham Primary School, and serves a growing village.
We are now part of the Cockfield Benefice, whose other parishes are Bradfield St Clare, Bradfield St George with Little Whelnetham, Bradfield Combust, Cockfield, Felsham, Gedding and Stanningfield.
Pubs in Great Whelnetham Parish
Rushbrooke Arms
Sudbury Rd (A134), Sicklesmere, IP30 0BU
(01284) 388242
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