English Heritage sites near Wendens Ambo Parish
AUDLEY END HOUSE AND GARDENS
2 miles from Wendens Ambo Parish
One of England's finest country houses, Audley End is also a mansion with a difference. Enjoy a great day out.
PRIOR'S HALL BARN
3 miles from Wendens Ambo Parish
One of the finest surviving medieval barns in eastern England, tree-ring dated to the mid-15th century, with a breathtaking aisled interior and crown post roof, the product of some 400 oaks.
DUXFORD CHAPEL
7 miles from Wendens Ambo Parish
A modest but complete and attractive 14th-century chantry chapel, perhaps originally a hospital.
DENNY ABBEY AND THE FARMLAND MUSEUM
20 miles from Wendens Ambo Parish
Denny Abbey has a unique and fascinating history still traceable in the building and interpreted for visitors by graphic panels.
MOULTON PACKHORSE BRIDGE
21 miles from Wendens Ambo Parish
A pretty four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.
HILL HALL
23 miles from Wendens Ambo Parish
This fine Elizabethan mansion features some of the earliest external Renaissance architectural detail in the country.
Churches in Wendens Ambo Parish
St Mary the Virgin, Wendens Ambo
St Mary the Virgin
Church Path
Wendens Ambo
07776 253449
https://camvillages.org.uk
Wendens Ambo Church, formerly of Great Wenden, is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin and is one of the most interesting churches in north-west Essex. It consists of a chancel with organ chamber, an aisled nave, a south porch and a western tower. The vestry in the western end of the south aisle, is unusually positioned.
The first church on the site was probably constructed of wood, perhaps as early as the eighth century, but no trace of it remains. It seems to have been rebuilt in stone about the time Domesday Book was written (1086 A.D.) with later additions in the 13th, 14th, 15th and 19th centuries.
The church register of Great Wenden commenced in 1540. After Volume 2, which was the register of Little Wenden until 1662, the two parishes were united as Wendens Ambo (meaning "both Wendens").
In the 19th century Lord Braybrooke gifted land and a hall neighbouring the church to enable an extension to the ancient churchyard. The hall was extensively modernised in 2007 and is managed for use by a variety of active village interest groups and activities.
Pubs in Wendens Ambo Parish
Bell
Royston Road, Wendens Ambo, CB11 4JY
(01799) 540382
thebellinnpub.co.uk/