English Heritage sites near Tatworth and Forton Parish
BLACKBURY CAMP
12 miles from Tatworth and Forton Parish
An Iron Age hillfort in Devon with impressive ramparts, now surrounded by woodland.
MUCHELNEY ABBEY
13 miles from Tatworth and Forton Parish
Once a wealthy Benedictine house, Muchelney’s main buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538. See the richly decorated cloister walk and thatched monks’ lavatory – the only one in Britain.
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
19 miles from Tatworth and Forton Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE
19 miles from Tatworth and Forton Parish
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.
THE NINE STONES
20 miles from Tatworth and Forton Parish
Now in a wooded glade, this small prehistoric circle of nine standing stones was constructed around 4,000 years ago and is surrounded by a mysterious air. Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows are nearby.
ABBOTSBURY, ST CATHERINE'S CHAPEL
20 miles from Tatworth and Forton Parish
Set high on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury Abbey, this sturdily buttressed and barrel-vaulted 14th-century chapel was built by monks as a place of pilgrimage and retreat.
Churches in Tatworth and Forton Parish
St John the Evangelist
Waterlake Road
Tatworth
Chard
01460 221286
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/tatworth-st-john-the-evangelist/
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St John the Evangelist Church and Church Hall,Waterlake Road, Tatworth, TA20 2NZ
St John's is the local Parish Church covering Tatworth, South Chard, Perry Street, Chard Junction, Chilson and Chilson Common.
St John's is a friendly welcoming Church which is opened every day between 10am and 4pm and everyone is welcome to come into Church to pray, light a candle, sit quietly and take photographs as well as sitting in the grounds of the Church.
The Church was built as a chapel of ease for Chard in 1851. The foundation stone was laid in June 1851and the consecration took place on Tuesday, September 9th, 1851 by the Bishop of Jamaica (as the Bishop of Bath and Wells was unable to attend owing to illness)
Tatworth and Forton were part of the ecclesiastical parish of Chard from 1851 when the church was built until 18 September 1866 when St John's became the parish church of Tatworth, while Forton remains within Chard ecclesiastical parish.
Arrangements for Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals: Please contact Rev. Philip Butcher 014601 221286
Here is the Link to the Church of England webpage for Weddings - https://www.churchofengland.org/life-events/weddings
and for Christenings - https://www.churchofengland.org/life-events/christenings
and for funerals - https://www.churchofengland.org/life-events/funerals
Pubs in Tatworth and Forton Parish
Golden Fleece
A friendly quiet pub where you will not find pool, loud music or a fruit machine. Good home cooked food available with a roast on Sunday. There is a 2 acre paddock behind the pub for campers and caravans.
Lordleaze Hotel
Henderson Drive, Forton Rd, Chard, TA20 2HW
(01460) 61066
lordleazehotel.com/
Olde Poppe Inn
Ye Olde Poppe Inn is one of the oldest inns in the county. The earliest record refers to a date of 1792 when it was called "Culverhay". There is a tradition that the name of the Poppe Inn derived from when servants from Parrock Lodge could...
Perry Street Social Club
Knapp Mill House, South Chard, TA20 2SU
(01460) 220239
perrystreetclub.uk
Tatworth Playing Fields
Kents Lane, Tatworth, TA20 2QW
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