English Heritage sites near Calne Parish
PORTH HELLICK DOWN BURIAL CHAMBER
1000 miles from Calne Parish
A large and imposing Scillonian Bronze Age entrance grave, with kerb, inner passage and burial chamber all clearly visible.
HALLIGGYE FOGOU
1000 miles from Calne Parish
Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.
INNISIDGEN LOWER AND UPPER BURIAL CHAMBERS
1000 miles from Calne Parish
Two Bronze Age communal burial cairns of Scillonian type, with fine views. The upper cairn is the best preserved on the islands.
HARRY'S WALLS
1000 miles from Calne Parish
An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary's Pool harbour in 1552-53.
GARRISON WALLS
1000 miles from Calne Parish
You can enjoy a two-hour walk alongside the ramparts of these defensive walls and earthworks, dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.
CROMWELL'S CASTLE
1000 miles from Calne Parish
The castle stands guarding the lovely anchorage between Bryher and Tresco and is one of the few surviving Cromwellian fortifications in Britain.
Churches in Calne Parish
Calne: Holy Trinity
London Road
Calne
(01249) 812340
http://www.parishofcalneandblackland.org.uk
Calne: Holy Trinity Calne
This is a truly delightful church set behind three rows of lime trees just off the A4, to the east of Calne.
History
Holy Trinity was built in 1852-3 to meet the needs of the growing community of Quemerford and to act as the Chapel of ease for a new churchyard for the parish, because St Mary's churchyard had become overfull. The building cost was met by the then vicar of Calne, Canon John Guthrie, largely at his own expense, the land having been donated by Lord Lansdown.
A chalice and a paten both hallmarked 1866 were given to the church by J R A Chinnery-Haldane, the assistant curate appointed to serve Holy Trinity by the vicar of Calne, and they are still used today. In 1864 morning and afternoon services were held in Holy Trinity church. In 1870 holy communion was celebrated monthly.
Architecture
The church was designed by C.H.Gabriel and is tall, of coursed rubble and in the Decorated style. It has a west bell cote and spirelet and consists of a chancel with north vestry and a nave with south porch. The chancel is long, has tall south windows and diapering in relief on the sanctuary's walls and is separated from the vestry by a traceried screen. The chancel arch is high and wide, and the nave has an open timber roof with cusped trusses and windbracing. There is a boiler room, which is no longer used, entered from the north side of the ch urch. Heating being now by electric radiant heaters. There is a separate coursed rubble shed for the storage of maintenance items. A toilet was installed in a building outside of the main church in 2017.
Originally there was stained glass in the east window but in February 1970 there was a fire in the church which caused major damage to the roof, destroying windows and the organ. The church was rededicated on 25th January 1972. The replacement organ is an 1825 Flight & Robson (London) chamber instrument which is positioned at the north west end of the nave adjacent to the font.
Services
The church waslicensed for marriages in1990. A surpliced choir was introduced in 1888. Sadly in recent years there has not been a choir in Holy Trinity. Currently Services are at 10.45am on Sundays. The first Sunday of the month a family service is held often with a baptism. On other Sundays eucharists are celebrated. “Messy Church” takes place 4 or 5 times a year at 3.00pm on Sunday afternoons. It is for children, parents and helpers with activities in the school hall, followed by a short act of worship in the church, finishing with a meal back at the school.
Friends of Holy Trinity Church, Calne
Repairs, maintenance and new works in the church are funded from money raised by the Friends of Holy Trinity Church of Calne (FOHTCC) which was registered as a charity in 2004.
The Churchyard
The churchyard covers about three and a half acres with the oldest graves being nearest the roadway. As well as graves of many local people there are interesting graves such as that of an officer who fought at the battle of Trafalgar and war graves from the first and second world wars and other conflicts.
There is a Holy Trinity Field Trust which is used to fund the maintenance of the churchyard. A contractor cuts the churchyard grass twice a month from April until September.
A Wildlife Haven
Two areas in the old part of the churchyard are kept wild to encourage meadow flowers, these areas are only cut in September.There are various trees in the chuchyard including yews, redwoods, pines and a flowering cherry just outside the south porch. There are bushes throughout the churchyard such as holly, elder, laurel and briar. Flowers including snowdrops, crocuses, daffodils, primroses, cowslips bluebells and foxgloves can be found. Many birds, animals and insects can also be seen.
In 2012 the Royal Horticulural Society awarded the churchyard level 2, improving, in the “Britain in Bloom – In your neighbourhood.” competition.
Calne: St Mary the Virgin
Church Street, Calne
Calne
01249 816522
http://www.parishofcalneandblackland.org.uk
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin stands proudly on the site of an earlier Saxon Minster. Its outer appearance, a skillful blend of stone masons’ art of five centuries, is Perpendicular, a feast of embattled parapets and pinnacles. A mighty 17th Century North Transept Tower replaces the fallen crossing tower.
Exploring the interior reveals a transitional Norman Nave surmounted by the 15th Century clerestory covered by a superb wooden roof of the same date. The many treasures of the church range from an early Elizabethan chest to fine early twentieth century Art and Craft screens. In 1994, the Parish celebrated the 750th anniversary of St. Edmund, a former Vicar of Calne, who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1234.
In October 2010 at a service of inauguration led by The Right Reverend Stephen Conway, the Bishop of Ramsbury, the parishes of Derry Hill, Bremhill and Foxham combined with those of Calne and Blacklands to form the Marden Vale Team Ministry. St Mary's is open to visitors on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Pubs in Calne Parish
Bug & Spider
Butchers Arms
Green Dragon
Jenny Wren
36 Lickhill Rd., Calne, SN11 9DF
(01249) 813021
thejennywrencalne.co.uk/index
Jolly Miller
King George
Kings Arms
Lansdowne Strand Hotel
The Strand, Calne, SN11 0EH
(01249) 812488
lansdownestrand.co.uk
London Road Inn
Plume of Feathers
Spangles
Talbot
Wheatsheaf
White Hart Hotel
London Rd, Calne, SN11 0AB
(01249) 812413
whitehartcalne.com