English Heritage sites near Milton Parish
PORTH HELLICK DOWN BURIAL CHAMBER
1000 miles from Milton Parish
A large and imposing Scillonian Bronze Age entrance grave, with kerb, inner passage and burial chamber all clearly visible.
HALLIGGYE FOGOU
1000 miles from Milton Parish
Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.
INNISIDGEN LOWER AND UPPER BURIAL CHAMBERS
1000 miles from Milton Parish
Two Bronze Age communal burial cairns of Scillonian type, with fine views. The upper cairn is the best preserved on the islands.
HARRY'S WALLS
1000 miles from Milton Parish
An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary's Pool harbour in 1552-53.
GARRISON WALLS
1000 miles from Milton Parish
You can enjoy a two-hour walk alongside the ramparts of these defensive walls and earthworks, dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.
CROMWELL'S CASTLE
1000 miles from Milton Parish
The castle stands guarding the lovely anchorage between Bryher and Tresco and is one of the few surviving Cromwellian fortifications in Britain.
Churches in Milton Parish
Milton St Blaise
High Street
Milton
Abingdon
(01235) 526114
http://www.stblaise.org.uk
A family orientated place of modern Christian worship set in the picturesque and ideally located village of Milton in South Oxfordshire.
An example of a wonderful historic building with fabulous stain glass windows.
NAME:
Milton is an abbreviation of "Middletune" being the original name of the Parish meaning 'the middle tun' - the middle village of a group of villages.
DATE:
The earliest recorded reference states that in 956 King Edwy gave 15 hides of land in Milton to his thane Alfwin, who gave them to Abingdon Abbey.
DEDICATION:
St Blaise is the patron saint of woolcombers, Milton once being a centre of the wool industry. There are only 3 other churches in England dedicated to St Blaise.
HISTORY
Of the Saxon building nothing remains. The present Church dates from the early part of the 14th century, though largely rebuilt in the 19th century by the architect Henry Woodyer (whose wife is buried in the crypt).
The charming porch and the Tower date from the 14th century.
Pubs in Milton Parish
Apple Cart
Pack Horse
Plum Pudding
44 High Street, Milton, OX14 4EJ
(01235) 834443
theplumpuddingmilton.co.uk