English Heritage sites near Thornham Magna Parish

Saxtead Green Post Mill

SAXTEAD GREEN POST MILL

10 miles from Thornham Magna Parish

Saxtead Green Post Mill is a corn mill, whose whole body revolves on its base and was one of many built in Suffolk from the late 13th century.

Framlingham Castle

FRAMLINGHAM CASTLE

13 miles from Thornham Magna Parish

Framlingham Castle is a magnificent 12th century fortress with a long and colourful past which makes a fascinating family day out in Suffolk.

Bury St Edmunds Abbey

BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY

15 miles from Thornham Magna Parish

The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.

Thetford, Church of the Holy Sepulchre

THETFORD, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE

16 miles from Thornham Magna Parish

The only surviving remains in England of a priory of Canons of the Holy Sepulchre, who aided pilgrims to Christ's tomb: the ruined nave of their 14th-century church, later used as a barn.

Thetford Priory

THETFORD PRIORY

16 miles from Thornham Magna Parish

The extensive remains of one of the most important East Anglian monasteries, the Cluniac Priory of Our Lady of Thetford and the burial place of the earls and dukes of Norfolk for 400 years.

Thetford Warren Lodge

THETFORD WARREN LODGE

18 miles from Thornham Magna Parish

Thetford Warren Lodge was probably built c.1400 by the Prior of Thetford; this defensible lodge protected gamekeepers and hunting parties against armed poachers.


Churches in Thornham Magna Parish

Thornham Magna, St Mary Magdalene

Pubs in Thornham Magna Parish

Four Horseshoes

Wickham Road, Thornham Magna, Thornham Magna, IP23 8HD
(01379) 678777
thefourhorseshoes.net/

Attractive, rambling, thatched building dating from about 1150. Today much of the internal space is used for dining but the bar still offers up to four beers. Much woodwork is exposed. A well is located in one part of the bar. Disabled toil...