English Heritage sites near Freston Parish
MISTLEY TOWERS
5 miles from Freston Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
LANDGUARD FORT
8 miles from Freston Parish
Landguard Fort is the site of the last opposed seaborne invasion of England in 1667 and the first land battle of the Royal Marines.
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
13 miles from Freston Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
14 miles from Freston Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
14 miles from Freston Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
14 miles from Freston Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
Churches in Freston Parish
Freston, St Peter's
Freston
Ipswich
07552 445731
https://www.tworiversbenefice.org/
In the Domesday Book of 1086, the Manor of Freston is listed as " woodland, meadows and livestock along with four smallholdings, a watermill and a wooden church" presumed to be on the site now occupied by the present church of St. Peters. This early 14th.century building lists its first "incumbent" as early as 1303 and has been in continual worship from that date.
It has been "knocked about a bit" during the last 700 years as have most buildings of worship and at the latter end of the 19th century was in a ruinous state. The Anglican revival, prompted by the Oxford Movement saw its restoration in 1875 by the local architect R T Orr who sensitively restored several windows including the stunning east window and the 16th C tower, the pulpit and altar. The roof was also replaced in its entirety having been almost non-existent in the late 19th C. and the whole church was re-floored completely at the same time. St. Peters also has a historic lych-gate erected in 1897 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Also in the churchyard is one of only two wooden war memorials in the country. This was erected through public subscription and commemorates the fallen of Freston in the 1st World War. There is attached to the memorial a brass plaque dedicated to the only death in service from Freston in the 2nd World war.
Our Usual Sunday Services are:
First Sunday of the month BCP Matins 11 am
Third Sunday of the month Holy Communion 11 am
For our Church Wardens, please contact:
Malcolm Farman on 01473 677050
Tessa Paul on 01473 780249
Pubs in Freston Parish
Boot
Freston Hill (B1456), Freston, IP9 1AB
(01473) 780722
thefrestonboot.co.uk/