English Heritage sites near Smisby Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
2 miles from Smisby Parish
Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
14 miles from Smisby Parish
The picturesque moated remains - including the fine gatehouse and a complete corner tower - of this brick-built fortified mansion have recently been extensively conserved by English Heritage.
JEWRY WALL
17 miles from Smisby Parish
A length of Roman bath-house wall over 9 metres (30 feet) high, near a museum displaying the archaeology of Leicester and its region.
WALL ROMAN SITE
18 miles from Smisby Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
WINGFIELD MANOR
22 miles from Smisby Parish
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.
CROXDEN ABBEY
22 miles from Smisby Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
Churches in Smisby Parish
St James
Forties Lane
Smisby
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
01332 583564
https://www.smisby.org.uk/st-james-church
Smisby St. James was, we think, founded by the canons of Repton Priory, and there has been a church here since the 12th century at least. The oldest part of the church is the South Aisle which is used as the Lady Chapel. The parish has changed benefices over the years and we are currently part of the United Benefice of Melbourne, Smisby, Stanton by Bridge and Ticknall. The Rector is the Revd. Steve Short and he is based in Melbourne - 01332 864741.
We are a Book of Common Prayer church though we have an occasional informal services.
Our normal pattern of worship is:
1st Sunday - Holy Communion at 5.30 p.m.
2nd Sunday - Evensong at 5.30 p.m.
3rd Sunday - Evensong at 5.30 p.m.
4th Sunday - Evensong at 5.30 p.m.
5th Sunday - Eucharist at Melbourne Parish Church at 10.30 a.m.
Details of service times are given in the Parish Magazine and on the Parish website.
The Parish Office will be able to put you in touch with the relevant person in Smisby Church to deal with your enquiry.
Pubs in Smisby Parish
Smisby Arms
Classic, comfortable, family-run, village free-house, set well back from the road. While parts of the building are thought to be around 350 years old, the pub originates in the 19th-century, but despite extension and renovation in recent d...
Tap House
Annwell Lane, Smisby, LE65 2TA
(01530) 413604
taphousesmisby.co.uk