English Heritage sites near Greatford Parish
LONGTHORPE TOWER
10 miles from Greatford Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
APETHORPE PALACE
11 miles from Greatford Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
KIRBY HALL
16 miles from Greatford Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
16 miles from Greatford Parish
Set beside the church of a picturesque ironstone village, Lyddington Bede House originated as the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
22 miles from Greatford Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
24 miles from Greatford Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
Churches in Greatford Parish
St Thomas of Canterbury Greatford
Main Street
Greatford
Stamford
01778 560437
If you like the Traditional Language of the Prayer book you will feel at home here in Greatford.
The Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, (aka St Thomas Becket), is a grade 1 listed building in the early English style, though its latest addition was in 2015 - a new stained glass window in memory of Thomas Becket. The church is the burial place of Dr Francis Willis, ordained priest who - with his son - attended King George III and combined traditional methods of treating the King's ‘madness' with more enlightened, forward-looking methods. Nolleken's fine bust of Francis Willis and the Willis memorial tablets in the chapel (in the North Transept) attract visitors to the church. The church is open daily.
Greatford is a small village of about 250 people. There are usually two services each month: Holy Communion, Common Worship Order 2, on the second and fourth Sunday at 9am. Look at the events and services for all of our seasonal celebrations.
The Parish of St Thomas, Greatford is one of the seven parishes which make up the Uffington Group of Churches. They lie in the South West corner of Lincolnshire, in the triangle between the market towns of Stamford, Market Deeping and Bourne. The other parishes are St Martin, Barholm-with-Stowe; St Margaret, Braceborough; St Lawrence, Tallington; St Michael and All Angels, Uffington; St Andrew, West Deeping; St Faith, Wilsthorpe.
The Rector of the Uffington Group, Fr Aran Beesley may be contacted on 07590 055905 or email: [email protected] especially for Baptism enquiries and contact with those who are ill.
Pubs in Greatford Parish
Hare & Hounds
Main Street, Greatford, PE9 4QA
(01778) 560332
thehareandhoundsgreatford.co.uk