Gorges family

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The Gorges family was an Anglo-Norman family with lands in the southwest of England. They obtained the manors of Wraxall, Somerset and Bradpole in Dorset. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 49°19'60"N, 1°25'0"W

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Gorges family – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Airborne Museum, Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Abbey of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Château de Plain-Marais.

6.9 miNE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Airborne Museum, Sainte-Mère-Église
176 min walk • The Airborne Museum, nestled in the historic town of Sainte-Mère-Église, France, stands as a poignant tribute to the American paratroopers who played a crucial role in the success of the D-Day landings during World War II.
6.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
159 min walk • The Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte is a ruined castle in the commune of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte in the Manche département of France. The castle, dating from the 11th and 12th centuries, was besieged twice during the Hundred Years' War. The remains consist of a fortified enceinte with towers and a massive keep.
6 miNW
Monastery, Romanesque architecture
Abbey of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
152 min walk • The Abbey of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, located in the commune of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte in the Manche department of France, was a Benedictine monastery founded in the 11th century by Néel de Néhou, Vicomte of Saint-Sauveur.
2.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Château de Plain-Marais
62 min walk • The Château de Plain-Marais is an historic castle in Beuzeville-la-Bastille, Manche, Lower Normandy, France.
6.9 miNE
Church
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Sainte-Mère-Église
176 min walk • The church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Sainte-Mère-Église is a Catholic church, from the 12th - 13th centuries, which stands in the French commune of Sainte-Mère-Église in the department of Manche, in the Normandy region.
3.4 miE
Church
Church of Our Lady
88 min walk • Notre-Dame Church, also known as Saint-Etienne, is an early 13th-century Catholic church that stands in the French commune of Appeville in the Manche department of the Normandy region.
4.7 miNW
Forts and castles
Château de Crosville
120 min walk • The castle of Crosville-sur-Douve is an old fortified house, of the XVth century, reworked several times, which stands on the French commune of Crosville-sur-Douve in the north of the department of Manche, in the Normandy region.
1.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Château de Sainte-Suzanne
50 min walk • The castle of Sainte-Suzanne is a residence, of the eighteenth century, which stands on the delegated commune of Prétot-Sainte-Suzanne within the new commune of Montsenelle, in the department of Manche, in the region of Normandy.
3.2 miN
Locality
Picauville
82 min walk • Picauville is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, the former communes of Amfreville, Cretteville, Gourbesville, Houtteville and Vindefontaine were merged into Picauville.
2.3 miN
Locality
Les Moitiers-en-Bauptois
59 min walk • Les Moitiers-en-Bauptois is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Picauville.