Spelsbury
Spelsbury is a Town in the county of Oxfordshire.
There are great places to visit near Spelsbury including some great ancient sites, cities and shopping centres.
Spelsbury's best nearby ancient sites can be found at The Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights, and The Kings Men.
Oxford is a great place to visit close to Spelsbury if you like cities.
Don't miss Westgate Oxford's shopping centres if visiting the area around Spelsbury.
Spelsbury History
There are some historic monuments around Spelsbury:
- Bowl barrow 150m east of Waterman's Lodge: one of a pair of Bronze Age barrows on the western edge of Wychwood Forest
- Medieval moat surrounding High Lodge, 400m north east of Kingstanding Farm
- Hawk Stone standing stone 700m south of Claridges Barn
- Squire's Clump Anglo-Saxon burial mound 500m south west of Iron Buildings
- Waterman's Lodge bowl barrow, one of a pair of Bronze Age barrows on the western edge of Wychwood Forest
- One of a pair of bowl barrows 370m north-west of High Lodge
- Ditchley Park Roman villa and part of an associated field system 450m ENE of Lodge Farm
- Section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch running into the northern edge of Shilcott Wood on the Ditchley Estate
- Lyneham long barrow and standing stone, 480m north east of Hill Barn
- Long barrow 150m west of Churchill Copse in Wychwood Forest
- Bowl barrow situated in Round Clump, Ditchley Park
- Barrow Place earthwork, 370m south west of Lodge Farm, Ditchley
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest
- Callow Hill Roman villa
- Great house site, garden earthworks and associated remains immediately north, west and south of St Mary's Church
- Pair of bowl barrows at Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest
- Rectangular earthwork enclosure in Hill Wood, 650m south east of Grimsdyke Farm
- Lowland Barn Romano-British farmstead 200m north west of Bury Hill
- Bowl barrow 500m south west of Hill Farm, Lidstone
- Civil War artillery fieldwork 370m NNW of Park Farm, Cornbury Park
- Swerford Castle
- Section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch west of Common Farm
- Skew Plantation bowl barrow
- 380m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch 200m ENE of Kiddington Lodge
- Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm
- Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest
- Oaklands Farm Roman villa
- Bowl barrow in Kingswood Brake, 450m WNW of Wood Farm
- Pump Copse earthwork
- Slatepits Copse long barrow, 1km SE of High Lodge in Wychwood Forest
- Linear earthworks east of Callow Hill Roman villa forming part of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch
- A pair of Roman camps and a section of a post-medieval sunken road situated in the north eastern corner of Cornbury Park
- The Rollright Stones
- 1100m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch at Model Farm on the Ditchley Park Estate
- Pair of bowl barrows immediately south of Blindwell Wood
- Over Chalford medieval settlement
- Taston village cross
- Site of Langley Palace royal hunting lodge, an associated enclosure and later garden earthworks at Langley Farm
- Bowl barrow 150m north-west of North Lodge, Cornbury Park
- Section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch running east from the River Evenlode opposite Cornbury Park
- Beaconsfield Farm Roman villa
- Section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch 350m ENE of Ditchley House
- Medieval settlement and church of Asterleigh
- Site of 19th century pottery factory NW of Leafield
- Bowl barrow 60m north of Wood Farm
- Pair of Bronze Age round barrows and surrounding Civil War fieldworks 180m north-west of Park Farm
- Taston standing stone 12m north of Taston village cross
- Lee's Rest Earthwork: a probable Romano-Celtic temple 200m north east of Lee's Rest Farm
- Stonesfield Roman villa
- Besbury Lane bowl barrow, 450m north east of Conduit Farm
- One of a pair of bowl barrows 370m NW of High Lodge
- Iron Age enclosed settlement and part of a trackway 150m north east of the King Stone
- Long barrow 250m south of Ellen's Lodge in Shilcott Wood on the Ditchley Park Estate
- Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain
- Barn at Rectory Farm, Church Enstone
- Hoar Stone portal dolmen situated in Enstone Firs
- Ascott d'Oyley 12th century motte and bailey castle and associated earthworks
- Chipping Norton motte and bailey castle, and fishpond
- Walcot ornamental fishponds and garden earthworks
- Earthwork at Lowbarrow Farm
- 1km section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch running from Out Wood to Berring's Wood
- Roman villa and associated bath house 450m north west of Lower Field Farm
- Gagingwell cross, 80m west of Abbey Farm
- Bowl barrow 270m east of Spelsburydown Farm barns
- Fawler Roman villa
- Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church
- Ascott Earl motte and bailey castle
- Over Norton bowl barrow 150m north west of the intersection between the A361 and the A34(T)
- Bowl barrow 400m north west of Ranger's Lodge in Cornbury Park
- Brize's Lodge bowl barrow, 400m east of Gospel Oak
- Bowl barrow 80m south east of Spelsburydown Farm barns
- Knollbury camp hillfort
- Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods
- Minster Lovell Hall
- Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall
- 145m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch situated 200m west of Grimsdyke Farm
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood
- The Roundabout hillfort, 460m west of Barter's Hill Farm
- North Leigh Roman villa 300m NNE of Upper Riding Farm
- Nether Chalford medieval settlement
Places to see near Spelsbury
Lakes near Spelsbury
Canals near Spelsbury
Rivers near Spelsbury
- Thame upstream of Aylesbury
- Cuttle Brook
- Dorton, Chearsley and Waddesdon Brooks
- Stoke Brook Aylesbury
- Baldon Brook (South of Oxford)
- Holton Brook and tributaries
- Chinor Brook and Sydenham Brook
- Kingsey Cuttle Brook and tributaries at Thame
- Latchford Brook at Tetsworth
- Hardwick Brook (Source to Thame)
- Lewknor Brook
- Thame (Scotsgrove Brook to Thames)
- Scotsgrove Brook (upstream Kingsey Cuttle Brook)
- Peppershill and Shabbington Brooks
- Worminghall Brook and tributaries
- Thame (Aylesbury to Scotsgrove Brook)
- Haseley Brook
- Chalgrove Brook
- Bear Brook and Wendover Brook
- Fleet Marston Brook, Denham Brook, Pitchcott Brook west
- Berrick Stream and Lady Brook
- Wye (High Wycombe fire station to Thames)
- Sulham Brook
- Hamble Brook
- Mill Brook and Bradfords Brook system, Wallingford
- Cholsey Brook and tributaries
- Hughenden Stream
- Ewelme Stream (Source to Thames)
- Ewelme Stream (Source to Thames)
- Thames (Reading to Cookham)
- Wye (Source to High Wycombe fire station)
- Thames Wallingford to Caversham
- Pang
- Letcombe Brook
- Ock and tributaries (Land Brook confluence to Thames)
- Sandford Brook (source to Ock)
- Frilford and Marcham Brook
- Childrey Brook and Norbrook at Common Barn
- Ock (to Cherbury Brook)
- Childrey and Woodhill Brooks
- Stutfield Brook (source to Ock)
- Ginge Brook and Mill Brook
- Thames (Evenlode to Thame)
- Moor Ditch and Ladygrove Ditch
- Northfield Brook (Source to Thames) at Sandford
- Cow Common Brook and Portobello Ditch
- Cherwell (Bletchingdon to Ray)
- Bloxham Brook (Source to Sor Brook)
- Highfurlong Brook (to Cherwell)
- Hanwell Brook
- Tadmarton Stream (Source to Sor Brook)
- Upper Swere (Source to Wigginton)
- Hook Norton Brook (Source to Swere)
- Sor Brook (Broughton to Cherwell)
- Farthinghoe Stream (Source to Cherwell) and tributaries
- Swere (Wigginton to Cherwell)
- Ockley Brook and Croughton Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Ashby Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Bayswater Brook
- Deddington Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Sor Brook (Source to Broughton)
- Cherwell (Ray to Thames) and Woodeaton Brook
- Cherwell (Source to Trafford Bridge)
- Chacombe Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Cherwell (Ashby Brook to Cropredy)
- Clayton and Wormleighton Brook, Source to Highfurlong Brook
- Cherwell (Cropredy to Nell Bridge)
- Shutford Stream (Source to Sor Brook)
- Cherwell (Nell Bridge to Bletchingdon)
- Littlestock Stream to tributary of Evenlode at Shipton
- Evenlode (Source to Four Shires S) and Longborough Stream
- Glyme (Enstone to Dorn)
- Little Compton Brook and tributaries (Source to Evenlode)
- Evenlode (Bledington to Glyme confluence)
- Glyme (Dorn confluence to Evenlode)
- Evenlode (Compton Bk to Bledington Bk) and 4 Shires
- Heythorpe Stream and tributaries
- Cornwell Brook and tributaries (Source to Evenlode)
- Coldron and Taston Brooks
- Sars Brook (source to Evenlode downstream Bledington)
- Bledington Brook (Source to Evenlode)
- Evenlode (Glyme to Thames)
- Glyme (Source to Enstone)
- Westcote Brook (source to Evenlode at Bledington)
- Dorn (Source to Glyme)