English Heritage sites near Sydenham Parish
NORTH HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE
14 miles from Sydenham Parish
Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.
ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM
14 miles from Sydenham 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.
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
17 miles from Sydenham Parish
Visit the substantial remains of a strong and important motte and bailey castle dating from the 11th to 13th centuries, with surrounding walls, ditches and earthworks.
NORTH LEIGH ROMAN VILLA
22 miles from Sydenham 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.
DEDDINGTON CASTLE
24 miles from Sydenham Parish
Extensive earthworks marking the site of an 11th century motte and bailey castle.
OLD GORHAMBURY HOUSE
24 miles from Sydenham Parish
The remains of a once immense mansion built in 1563-8 by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Queen Elizabeth’s Lord Keeper and visited by the queen on at least four occasions.
Churches in Sydenham Parish
Sydenham: St Mary
cnr Brookstones
Sydenham
Chinnor
01844 352472
http://chinnorunitedchurches.co.uk
A small but friendly congregation, we use the traditional Book of Common Prayer at all services except the monthly, informal Family Service.
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St Mary's Church lies at the centre of our pretty Sydenham village adjacent to the village hall (a former village school and known as the Old School Room – OSR) with the Crown pub just across the road from the church gates. Collectively they all form an excellent venue for local gatherings including weddings, and the landlord cooperates by opening to suit the occasion. The Early English church is a simple flint and stone building with a clay tiled roof and oak shingled spire and three lovely sounding bells which are rung before weekly services. It is a welcoming but peaceful church within the well-maintained country style churchyard including a couple of commanding horse chestnut trees. There are normally three Book of Common Prayer services each month starting with 10:00am Holy Communion service. No service on the second Sunday, 6:00pm Evensong on the third Sunday and an alternating 10:00am Service of Matins or Songs of Praise on the fourth Sunday. The latter was introduced a couple of years ago and is led by the Church Wardens and consists of half a dozen generally well-known hymns, occasionally with the choir singing an anthem and the service lasting just over half an hour. This has proved very popular and the congregation usually select their favourite hymns in advance. We are fortunate to have an excellent organist choirmaster, and a choir of up to nine or ten on a good day! The Old School Room with good kitchen facilities and toilets offers an excellent venue for wedding, baptism and funeral receptions, or other after church activities, quiz nights, weekly gym and keep fit sessions and occasional monthly WI meetings. A monthly coffee morning was introduced about a year ago where local villagers and guests of all ages come along to natter and share news and gossip and taste the excellent variety of home baked cakes whilst the tiny tots play in the adjacent smaller hall playing with the in-house games and toys.Pubs in Sydenham Parish
Crown
Sydenham Road, Sydenham, OX39 4NB
(01844) 351634
crownsydenham.com
Inn at Emmington
Sydenham Road, Emmington, Sydenham, OX39 4LD
(01844) 351367
theinnatemmington.co.uk