![]() St Michael and All Angels Church at Hawkshead, Cumbria. Listed as a Grade I building of exceptional interest, the interior is thickly whitewashed with five-bay arcades consisting of segmental arches on round piers. St Michael and All Angels Church in Hawkshead is considered to be one of the best Lake District churches.Ĭonstructed in rubble stone with a slate roof, the 12th-century chapel was extended in 1300 and the north and south aisles added 200 years later. Wordsworth’s Grammar School, Hawkshead, Cumbria. Hawkshead’s timeless atmosphere encourages visitors to explore its alleyways, overhanging gables, and medieval squares. Originally owned by monks of 12th-century Furness Abbey, once the second-wealthiest and most powerful Cistercian monastery in the country, Hawkshead became prominent in the 18th and 19th centuries.Įnglish Romantic poet William Wordsworth was educated at Hawkshead Grammar School and English writer Beatrix Potter lived nearby, marrying a solicitor from Hawkshead. Russ HamerĪn important wool market in medieval times, Hawkshead in the Lake District sits in a valley to the west of Windermere and east of Coniston Water. Post Office at Hambleden, Buckinghamshire. Hambleden’s village post office also serves as the local shop and cafe. Credit Peterĭating from the 14th century, St Mary’s church has an intricately decorated ceiling and a tower with eight bells. 1998 “The Avengers”, Hambleden also played host to Johnny Depp and Cristina Ricci for a month-long location shoot during filming for Tim Burton’s 1999 gothic horror “Sleepy Hollow”. Used as a location for several films including Disney’s 1996 “101 Dalmatians” and Warner Bros. Hambleden served as a base for US soldiers in the build up to D-Day 1944 and was depicted as the training ground for Easy Company in the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers. The brick and flint cottages in the centre of the village have dormer windows topped with red tiles. Hambledon was granted a royal charter in 1315 to hold a market in the village and a fair on St Bartholomew’s Day, August 24, every year. Meaning “crooked or irregularly-shaped hill” in Anglo Saxon, Hambleden is a beautiful little village just north of the River Thames about 40 miles west of London. Credit Bob Radlinski, flickrĬaptured by artists for its richness of colour, the scenery along the South West Coast Path National Trail from Clovelly to Hartland Quay is particularly spectacular. Donkeys on the steep main street, outside the village’s post officeĬharles Kingsley’s 1855 British historical novel Westward Ho! which celebrates England’s victories over Spain in the Elizabethan era, mentions this part of North Devon and helped make Clovelly a popular tourist destination. Credit Bob Radlinski, flickrĭonkeys used to haul the sleds uphill, but now goods are delivered to the top of the street and the sleds are pulled down the slope by hand, leaving the donkeys free to entertain holidaymakers. ![]() Credit Bob Radlinski, flickrĭescending 400 feet to the pier, Clovelly’s main street is too steep for wheeled traffic and uses sleds for deliveries of goods and collection of refuse. Noted for its steep cobbled main street and stunning views over the Bristol Channel, Clovelly is a privately owned English village with over 800 years of history. Notable for its fine coastal views, the road between Abbotsbury and Burton Bradstock reveals an 18-mile section of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site famous for fossil discoveries in the 19th century. Credit Anguskirk, flickr Abbotsbury, Dorset. ![]() ![]() 18th-century cottages in Rodden Row at Abbotsbury, Dorset. Credit Bob Radlinski, flickrĪbbotsbury comprises a long street called Rodden Row filled with pretty thatched cottages, some dating to the 1500s and built using stone from the ruined 11th-century Abbey. Surrounded by hills and sat within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Abbotsbury is only a mile inland from the English Channel coast.Ībbotsbury’s 11th-century Benedictine Abbey was founded by one of King Cnut’s nobles from Scandinavia. With nearly a hundred structures listed by English Heritage for their historic or architectural interest, Abbotsbury will surprise and delight. Here are 10 of our favorite English villages. ![]()
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