English Heritage sites near Firsby Parish
BOLINGBROKE CASTLE
7 miles from Firsby 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.
SIBSEY TRADER WINDMILL
10 miles from Firsby Parish
Built in 1877, this restored six storey mill with complete gear, sails and fantail still works today.
TATTERSHALL COLLEGE
15 miles from Firsby 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).
CASTLE RISING CASTLE
27 miles from Firsby Parish
One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks.
CREAKE ABBEY
29 miles from Firsby Parish
The ruined church of an Augustinian abbey, reduced in size after fire and plague.
LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE
30 miles from Firsby Parish
Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.
Churches in Firsby Parish
St Andrew, Firsby
Clough Lane
Firsby
Spilsby
01790 752526
St. Andrew's was built in 1856 by G.E. Street and is a grade II listed building. A slate tiled roof sits atop a limestone ashlar structure.
A tabled monument to Mary Alice Walls, who died in 1877, is of coloured mosaic marble, with gilded diaper work, a young woman with flowing red hair.
In the churchyard is the base and part shaft of a 15th century cross, which has been restored and made into a war memorial.
No churches found in Firsby Parish