Heritage sites in CARLTON PARISH

English Heritage sites near Carlton Parish

ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE

8 miles from Carlton 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

9 miles from Carlton 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

12 miles from Carlton 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 Carlton 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.

KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN

21 miles from Carlton Parish

Once home to Robert Dudley, the great love of Queen Elizabeth I. Today you can walk in the beautifully recreated Elizabethan garden and marvel at the mighty Norman keep.

J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY

23 miles from Carlton Parish

Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.

Churches in Carlton Parish

Carlton : St Andrew

Main Street Carlton Nuneaton
01455 817255

Although the parish registers go back to 1574 the original church building burnt down and a new church with a square tower and pinnacles was built in 1764. The new church was dedicated to St Michael. It is partly built of stone and partly of brick. In 1867 the church building was Gothicised and the dedication was changed from St Michael to St Andrew. The windows were altered and tower with its distinctive saddleback roof was added. The clock was presented to the village in 1937 by the Rectors daughter, who raised the money herself by selling needlework door to door. Carlton ladies needlework tradition continues today with the millennium wall hangings inside the church. These depict the houses in the heart of the village at the beginning of the new millennium.</div>

We are part of the Bosworth Benefice, comprising:

St Peter's, Market Bosworth

All Saints, Cadeby

St Andrew's, Carlton

St Mary the Virgin, Congerstone

All Saints, Nailstone

St Peter's, Shackerstone

St James, Sutton Cheney

Nailstone: All Saints

Main Street Nailstone Nuneaton
01455 817255

<div>The church s mostly of the early 14th century with the chancel being 13th century. Its massive tower and spire dominate the small village and countryside for miles around.</div>