English Heritage sites near North Muskham Parish
RUFFORD ABBEY
10 miles from North Muskham Parish
The best-preserved remains of a Cistercian abbey west cloister range in England, dating mainly from about 1170. Incorporated into part of a 17th century and later mansion, set in Rufford Country Park.
LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE
13 miles from North Muskham Parish
Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.
GAINSBOROUGH OLD HALL
19 miles from North Muskham 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
19 miles from North Muskham 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.
HARDWICK OLD HALL
21 miles from North Muskham Parish
The remodelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside the New Hall she raised later in the 1590s.
BOLSOVER CASTLE
21 miles from North Muskham Parish
'By an unlikely miracle, the keep at Bolsover has survived into this century as an almost untouched expression in stone of the lost world of Elizabethan chivalry and romance.'
Churches in North Muskham Parish
St Wilfrid
Main Street
North Muskham
Newark
07811393920
http://riversideparishes.co.uk
A lovely 11th/15th century Church over looking a sweeping bend of the river Trent.