English Heritage sites near Owston Ferry Parish
GAINSBOROUGH OLD HALL
7 miles from Owston Ferry Parish
A little-known gem, Gainsborough Old Hall is among the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England. Partly brick and timber-framed, and mainly later 15th century with Elizabethan additions.
GAINSTHORPE MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
9 miles from Owston Ferry Parish
A deserted medieval village, one of the best-preserved examples in England, clearly visible as a complex of grassy humps and bumps.
MATTERSEY PRIORY
9 miles from Owston Ferry Parish
The remains, mainly the 13th century refectory and kitchen, of a small monastery for just six Gilbertine canons - the only wholly English monastic order.
HOWDEN MINSTER
18 miles from Owston Ferry Parish
The elaborately decorated ruins of a 14th-century chancel and chapter house (viewable only from the outside), attached to the still operational cathedral-like minster church.
ROCHE ABBEY
18 miles from Owston Ferry Parish
Roche Abbey has one of the most complete ground plans of any English Cistercian monastery, laid out as excavated foundations.
CONISBROUGH CASTLE
18 miles from Owston Ferry Parish
Dramatically re-presented in May 2014 after a major HLF funded project, the keep of Conisbrough Castle is unique.