English Heritage sites near Everton Parish
BUSHMEAD PRIORY
7 miles from Everton Parish
Bushmead Priory is a rare survival of the complete refectory of an Augustinian priory, with a fine timber roof and notable 14th century wall paintings.
WREST PARK
12 miles from Everton Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
HOUGHTON HOUSE
12 miles from Everton Parish
Houghton House today is the shell of a 17th century mansion commanding magnificent views, reputedly the inspiration for the ‘House Beautiful’ in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
DE GREY MAUSOLEUM, FLITTON
13 miles from Everton Parish
Among the largest sepulchral chapels attached to any English church, this cruciform mausoleum houses a remarkable sequence of 17 sculpted and effigied monuments.
CHICHELE COLLEGE
18 miles from Everton Parish
The gatehouse, chapel and other remains of a communal residence for priests serving the parish church, founded by locally-born Archbishop Chichele before 1425. Regularly used for events, and art and heritage exhibitions.
DUXFORD CHAPEL
18 miles from Everton Parish
A modest but complete and attractive 14th-century chantry chapel, perhaps originally a hospital.
Churches in Everton Parish
St Mary's, Everton
St Mary's Everton has been a place of prayer and praise to God for many centuries. The earliest mention of a church in Everton is to be found in Domesday Book (1086), where reference is made to both church and priest. About the year 1140, the Earl of Pembroke (Gilbert de Clare) granted the Church of Everton to the Benedictine Prior and Convent of St. Neots, who appointed the Vicars of Everton until the dissolution of the monasteries (around 1536).
Since 1544 the right of presentation to the living has been in the hands of the Master and Council of Clare College, Cambridge. A copy of the Charter sealed by King Henry VIII granting Everton Church to Clare College can be seen on the north wall. In 1999, Everton was joined with the Parishes of Gamlingay and Hatley, and the Rector now lives in Gamlingay.
Everton Church is essentially a late Norman building with a tower of local ironstone and the rest built of brown cobbles. The building has undergone much repair and alteration over the years to accomodate the needs of its parishioners, and the fashions of the day.
John Berridge (1716-1793) was made Vicar of Everton in 1755. He was famed for his preaching, often delivering 12 open air sermons per week attended by hundreds of people. He was commended by John Wesley for his oratory, and is buried in Everton churchyard.
Pubs in Everton Parish
Thornton Arms
The only pub in Everton, it dates from 1852, and has a friendly atmosphere and appeals to a clientele of all ages. The entrance opens on to the public bar and there is a Sports' bar for pool etc. to the right of the entrance. Through the ba...