English Heritage sites near Morton Parish

Hardwick Old Hall

HARDWICK OLD HALL

4 miles from Morton Parish

The remodelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside the New Hall she raised later in the 1590s.

Wingfield Manor

WINGFIELD MANOR

4 miles from Morton Parish

The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.

Sutton Scarsdale Hall

SUTTON SCARSDALE HALL

6 miles from Morton Parish

The imposing shell of a grandiose Georgian mansion built in 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior. Roofless since 1919, when its interiors were dismantled and some exported to America.

Bolsover Castle

BOLSOVER CASTLE

7 miles from Morton Parish

'By an unlikely miracle, the keep at Bolsover has survived into this century as an almost untouched expression in stone of the lost world of Elizabethan chivalry and romance.'

Bolsover Cundy House

BOLSOVER CUNDY HOUSE

7 miles from Morton Parish

This charming cottage-like 17th-century conduit house, with vaulted stone-slab roof, once supplied water to Bolsover Castle.

Hob Hurst's House

HOB HURST'S HOUSE

9 miles from Morton Parish

A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.


Churches in Morton Parish

Holy Cross

Stretton Road Morton Alfreton
https://msschurches.wordpress.com/

Holy Cross is a very old, beautiful church.


Pubs in Morton Parish

Corner Pin

Station Rd, Morton, DE55 6HN
(01773) 270917
thecorner-pin.com

Traditional local, offering sports TV plus darts, pool and karaoke every second Saturday.
Live & Let Live

45 Main Rd, Morton, DE55 6GS

Live & Let Live, Morton
Sitwell Arms

Main Rd, Morton, DE55 6GS
(01773) 270432
sitwellarmsmorton.co.uk

Two roomed community pub. Thursday quiz night, plus Music quiz first Sunday of month.