English Heritage sites near Asby Parish
BROUGH CASTLE
7 miles from Asby Parish
Starkly impressive Brough Castle stands on a ridge commanding strategic Stainmore Pass, on the site of a Roman fort.
SHAP ABBEY
9 miles from Asby Parish
The impressive full-height 15th-century tower and other remains of a remote abbey of Premonstratensian 'white canons'.
CLIFTON HALL
13 miles from Asby Parish
This 15th-century tower, sole surviving part of the manor house of the Wybergh family, was plundered by Jacobites in 1745 before the Battle of Clifton Moor, the last battle fought on English soil.
COUNTESS PILLAR, BROUGHAM
13 miles from Asby Parish
A monument erected in 1656 by Lady Anne Clifford of nearby Brougham Castle, to commemorate her final parting here from her mother.
BROUGHAM CASTLE
14 miles from Asby Parish
In a picturesque setting beside the crossing of the River Eamont, Brougham Castle was founded in the early 13th century.
KING ARTHUR'S ROUND TABLE
14 miles from Asby Parish
A Neolithic earthwork henge, dating from c. 2000 BC, but much later believed to be King Arthur's jousting arena. Mayburgh Henge is adjacent.
Churches in Asby Parish
St Peter's, Great Asby
in the centre of the village
Great Asby
Appleby-in-Westmorland
https://heartofedenparishes.church/
As a place of worship, St Peter’s dates back at least to Norman times, with some evidence of a Saxon precursor. A charter of c.1200, witnessed by Adam, Dean of Westmorland, who was then Vicar of Asby, refers to “the church of the blessed St. Peter at Asby” in relation to the use of incense on Easter Day. The Pembroke Lock in the custody of the Church (one of three in the Diocese) was given by Anne, Countess of Pembroke, to the Rector in 1670 in return for shelter taken during a storm whilst she was journeying from Appleby to Pendragon Castle.
The Church was almost completely rebuilt in 1864/65, at the personal expense of the then patron. Both the Church and the Lych-Gate are listed - see Pevsner for details.
Pubs in Asby Parish
Three Greyhounds
Great Asby, CA16 6EX
(017683) 51428
asbyparish.org.uk/the-three-greyhounds