English Heritage sites near Burton and Dalby Parish
JEWRY WALL
13 miles from Burton and Dalby Parish
A length of Roman bath-house wall over 9 metres (30 feet) high, near a museum displaying the archaeology of Leicester and its region.
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
13 miles from Burton and Dalby Parish
Set beside the church of a picturesque ironstone village, Lyddington Bede House originated as the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
16 miles from Burton and Dalby Parish
The picturesque moated remains - including the fine gatehouse and a complete corner tower - of this brick-built fortified mansion have recently been extensively conserved by English Heritage.
KIRBY HALL
17 miles from Burton and Dalby Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
APETHORPE PALACE
20 miles from Burton and Dalby Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
21 miles from Burton and Dalby Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
Churches in Burton and Dalby Parish
Little Dalby: St James
St James at Burton Lazars
St Swithun
behind the pub!, Main Street
Great Dalby
Melton Mowbray
http://www.greatdalbychurch.org.uk