Beautiful, Grade 2 listed market hall, built in 1633 by 'Kings Carpenter' John Abel and lavishly decorated with fine carvings. It originally stood in the centre of Leominster as part of a busy market and was rebuilt on the Grange in 1859 as a private house. It is now...
FRIDAY 15 MAY
Wellington Dovecote
In Wellington, the Stocks House dovecote is a very fine example of a dovecote. It’s early 18th century, octagonal with “diaper patterns in flared headers” – the brickwork patterns outside. The interior is circular and there are row upon row of nests, reaching all...
Tour of Knights Templar Church
HISTORICAL GARWAY The earliest record of a monastery in Garway is 615 AD, but it was with the arrival of the Knights Templar in 1180 that the history of the church becomes clearer. The first stone built Church on the site of the present church was established around...
National Hero and Local People
David Hammond, Military Historian, will tell us of the raid on St Nazaire in 1942 and Stephen’s link with Madley. We will also hear stories of local Madley people, with recordings of David Burman and Joyce Barrell made by John Dinnen. Donations to Madley Village Hall...
Historic Hereford Guided Walks
Hereford is a historic Cathedral City with a fascinating past and a busy present. Its origins lie in the 7th century and its strategic site on the Wye, in the much-disputed borderland between England and Wales, made it as important to the Saxons as to the Normans and...
World War Two Display
Taylor Historics at The Bunker is a privately owned collection of World War Two vehicles, weapons, equipment and collectibles displayed in realistic settings. Including a Military Police Checkpoint, Field Dressing Station, SAS Desert display and a Home Front corner,...
Nicholas de Hereford, Rebel Cleric, Papal Prisoner and Bible Translator
Nicholas studied at the University of Oxford, and was ordained a priest in 1370 and earned in 1382 the degree of Doctor of Theology. Nicholas criticized the luxury of the Church and reaffirmed the right of every Christian to attain his own faith by reading the Bible....
Rotherwas Together Exhibition at Bromyard
Rotherwas Together is the Herefordshire-based voluntary organisation dedicated to researching stories and raising awareness of the munitions factory ROF Rotherwas, the Royal Ordnance Factory built during the First World War. The factory was used for filling shells,...
Grange Court, Leominster
Beautiful, Grade 2 listed market hall, built in 1633 by 'Kings Carpenter' John Abel and lavishly decorated with fine carvings. It originally stood in the centre of Leominster as part of a busy market and was rebuilt on the Grange in 1859 as a private house. It is now...
Wellington Dovecote
In Wellington, the Stocks House dovecote is a very fine example of a dovecote. It’s early 18th century, octagonal with “diaper patterns in flared headers” – the brickwork patterns outside. The interior is circular and there are row upon row of nests, reaching all...
Tour of Knights Templar Church
HISTORICAL GARWAY The earliest record of a monastery in Garway is 615 AD, but it was with the arrival of the Knights Templar in 1180 that the history of the church becomes clearer. The first stone built Church on the site of the present church was established around...
National Hero and Local People
David Hammond, Military Historian, will tell us of the raid on St Nazaire in 1942 and Stephen’s link with Madley. We will also hear stories of local Madley people, with recordings of David Burman and Joyce Barrell made by John Dinnen. Donations to Madley Village Hall...
Historic Hereford Guided Walks
Hereford is a historic Cathedral City with a fascinating past and a busy present. Its origins lie in the 7th century and its strategic site on the Wye, in the much-disputed borderland between England and Wales, made it as important to the Saxons as to the Normans and...
World War Two Display
Taylor Historics at The Bunker is a privately owned collection of World War Two vehicles, weapons, equipment and collectibles displayed in realistic settings. Including a Military Police Checkpoint, Field Dressing Station, SAS Desert display and a Home Front corner,...
Nicholas de Hereford, Rebel Cleric, Papal Prisoner and Bible Translator
Nicholas studied at the University of Oxford, and was ordained a priest in 1370 and earned in 1382 the degree of Doctor of Theology. Nicholas criticized the luxury of the Church and reaffirmed the right of every Christian to attain his own faith by reading the Bible....
Rotherwas Together Exhibition at Bromyard
Rotherwas Together is the Herefordshire-based voluntary organisation dedicated to researching stories and raising awareness of the munitions factory ROF Rotherwas, the Royal Ordnance Factory built during the First World War. The factory was used for filling shells,...