English Heritage sites near Dinton-with-Ford and Upton Parish
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
14 miles from Dinton-with-Ford and Upton Parish
Visit the substantial remains of a strong and important motte and bailey castle dating from the 11th to 13th centuries, with surrounding walls, ditches and earthworks.
NORTH HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE
17 miles from Dinton-with-Ford and Upton Parish
Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.
ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM
18 miles from Dinton-with-Ford and Upton Parish
This splendid 17th century Baroque building housed a courtroom for assizes, raised on arches over a market space. It now houses the Abingdon Museum.
OLD GORHAMBURY HOUSE
21 miles from Dinton-with-Ford and Upton Parish
The remains of a once immense mansion built in 1563-8 by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Queen Elizabeth’s Lord Keeper and visited by the queen on at least four occasions.
ROMAN WALL OF ST ALBANS
23 miles from Dinton-with-Ford and Upton Parish
A section of the two-mile long wall built between AD 265 and 270 to defend the Roman city of Verulamium: including the foundations of towers and the London Gate.
DEDDINGTON CASTLE
23 miles from Dinton-with-Ford and Upton Parish
Extensive earthworks marking the site of an 11th century motte and bailey castle.
Churches in Dinton-with-Ford and Upton Parish
SS Peter and Paul
Upton Road
Dinton
Aylesbury
01844 291 108
http://www.stonedintonhartwell.com
SOME HISTORY - A JEWEL OF RURAL ENGLAND
In one of the most beautiful villages in Buckinghamshire stands one of Buckingham's most beautiful churches.
Consecrated to the blessed memory of Saint Peter and Saint Paul has stood the parish church of idyllic Dinton since the time of the Conqueror. By the time Henry, the first recorded Vicar of Dinton, took up his holy office in 1209, the solid foundations of the present building had been laid and Saxon-trained craftsmen had already fashioned the unique and world famous Tympanum over the south door and the graceful font in which our children are baptised until this very day, a font that has been in constant use for 800 years. There were no pews, the church was smaller (the south aisle had not yet been built and the only seating was a stone bench, part of which is still to be seen along the north wall).
A glorious heritage and a church lovingly served by 47 vicars in unbroken succession - in so many centuries!
In 1314, the Reverend Robert de Walcote was the incumbent, and the church had already been enlarged to its present size by the building of the south aisle and the moving of the south door and Tympanum. When Henry V successfully deployed the English archers at the famous battle of Agincourt, in 1415, John Pycot was vicar and the tower had been added to the church.
Bishops Ridley and Latimer were burnt at the Oxford stake in 1555 and the Reverend William Reynolds was proclaiming the faith in Dinton. No doubt, later, Oliver Cromwell worshipped here when visiting his friend Simon Mayne, the Lord of the Manor. This same Lord later signed the death warrant of King Charles I. Rumour has it that his clerk, John Biggs, may have been the actual executioner of the monarch. True or false, we do know that, after the return of the monarchy, this unhappy man finished his days hiding in caves and secret places, known far and wide as 'The Dinton Hermit'.
See: http://stonedintonhartwell.com/
Pubs in Dinton-with-Ford and Upton Parish
Bottle & Glass
Dinton Hermit
Seven Stars
Stars Lane, Dinton, HP17 8UL
(01296) 749000
sevenstarsdinton.com