English Heritage sites near Hethe Parish
DEDDINGTON CASTLE
8 miles from Hethe Parish
Extensive earthworks marking the site of an 11th century motte and bailey castle.
NORTH LEIGH ROMAN VILLA
15 miles from Hethe Parish
The remains of a large, well built Roman courtyard villa. The most important feature is a nearly complete mosaic tile floor, patterned in reds and browns.
NORTH HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE
16 miles from Hethe Parish
Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.
ROLLRIGHT STONES
19 miles from Hethe Parish
Traditionally a monarch and his courtiers petrified by a witch, the Rollright Stones consist of three groups: the King's Men stone circle; the Whispering Knights burial chamber; and the single King Stone. They span nearly 2,000 years of Neolithic and Bronze Age development.
MINSTER LOVELL HALL AND DOVECOTE
20 miles from Hethe Parish
The extensive and picturesque ruins of a 15th century riverside manor house, including a fine hall, south-west tower, and complete dovecote nearby. The home of Richard III's henchman Lord Lovell.
ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM
21 miles from Hethe Parish
This splendid 17th century Baroque building housed a courtroom for assizes, raised on arches over a market space. It now houses the Abingdon Museum.
Churches in Hethe Parish
St Edmund & St George, Hethe
Main Street
Hethe
Bicester
(01280) 848192
http://www.shelswellparishes.info
The Church of St Edmund & St George is managed by Hethe Parochial Church Council (PCC). It is part of the Shelswell Benefice within the Bicester and Islip Deanery in the Oxford Diocese.
The Church is Grade 2 Listed and is sited within Hethe Conservation Area. There is also a Grade 2 Listed Headstone dated 1682 (approximately 10 metres south of the porch).
The first church on this site was dedicated to St Edmund and was built in the early 12th Century by a Lord Norman de Verden, whose father served with William the Conqueror. A hundred and fifty years later Hethe had outgrown its small Norman church which was rebuilt and on a St George's Day around the turn of the 14th Century, it was rededicated to become the Church of St Edmund and St George.
In 1859 the Gothic Revival architect G.E. Street restored the building, widened the chancel arch, and added the bell-turret and the north aisle. Street moved the east window from the chancel to the north aisle and inserted a new east window in the chancel in its place.
The church is a traditional, rural, building which does not have a water supply or toilets. Seating is on Victorian, or earlier, wooden pews and the electric heating is under-seat/feet. The front aspect is south facing so is nearly always warm and sunny.
It has a maximum seating capacity of 120.
There is a limited space to prepare and dispense refreshments. A wooden ramp is available to enable wheel chair access.
The church is in a good state of repair - in 2017 we had replacement guttering and drain pipes fitted and other works are on-going as funding permits.
You can also find the church on the Explore Churches web site:
https://www.explorechurches.org/church/st-edmund-st-george-hethe
Pubs in Hethe Parish
Muddy Duck
Main Street, Hethe, OX27 8ES
(01869) 278099
themuddyduckpub.co.uk