English Heritage sites near Carrington with New Bolingbroke Parish
SIBSEY TRADER WINDMILL
4 miles from Carrington with New Bolingbroke Parish
Built in 1877, this restored six storey mill with complete gear, sails and fantail still works today.
TATTERSHALL COLLEGE
6 miles from Carrington with New Bolingbroke Parish
Remains of a grammar school for church choristers, founded in the mid-15th century by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, the builder of nearby Tattershall Castle (National Trust).
BOLINGBROKE CASTLE
6 miles from Carrington with New Bolingbroke Parish
The remains of a 13th-century hexagonal castle, birthplace in 1367 of the future King Henry IV, with adjacent earthworks. Besieged and taken by Cromwell's Parliamentarians in 1643.
LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE
23 miles from Carrington with New Bolingbroke Parish
Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.
CASTLE RISING CASTLE
29 miles from Carrington with New Bolingbroke Parish
One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks.
CREAKE ABBEY
35 miles from Carrington with New Bolingbroke Parish
The ruined church of an Augustinian abbey, reduced in size after fire and plague.
Churches in Carrington with New Bolingbroke Parish
St Paul's Church, Carrington
Main Road
Carrington
Boston
(01205) 750595
Our Mission Statement
Together in Christ: Called to love, to worship and to serve God.
The Church was one of the first Chapels of ease to be built at the direction of the Fen Chapels Act and is one of the typical Georgian 'Prayer Book' style originally with no chancel. In 1872 an apse was added as a tastefully designed chancel.
In early spring there is a mass of snowdrops.
Church Activity
The Sibsey and Carrington Group (4 churches) and The Brothertoft Group (5 churches) have one vicar. Services take place at all churches on a regular basis each month when the churches are open. Visitors are always welcome. Services are also led by lay readers and licensed lay preachers, other guest priests as well as Methodist ministers from time to time. Remembrance Services are also organised in November in conjunction with the Royal British Legion. Baptisms, confirmation, weddings, blessings, funerals, burial and interment of ashes may be arranged by the deceased's loved ones by contacting the Vicar or by contacting the Churchwardens.
St Peter's Church, New Bolingbroke
Main Road
New Bolingbroke
Boston
(01205) 750595
Our Mission Statement
Together in Christ: Called to love, to worship and to serve God.
The Church was the last of the Chapels of Ease to be built in the West and Wildmore Fens.
New Bolingbroke Church, dedicated to St Peter, was built in 1854 by Samuel Sanders Teulon. It is a Grade II listed building.
Church Activity
The Sibsey and Carrington Group (4 churches) and The Brothertoft Group (5 churches) have one vicar. Services take place at all churches on a regular basis each month when the churches are open. Visitors are always welcome. Services are also led by lay readers and licensed lay preachers, other guest priests as well as Methodist ministers from time to time. Remembrance Services are also organised in November in conjunction with the Royal British Legion. Baptisms, confirmation, weddings, blessings, funerals, burial and interment of ashes may be arranged by the deceased's loved ones by contacting the Vicar or by contacting the Churchwardens.
Pubs in Carrington with New Bolingbroke Parish
Royal Oak
Found at the south end of the linear village, this is the only surviving pub of 7 alehouses.