Thu 8 - 31 May 2025 during Ross Library Opening Hours, Ross Library Unique images from Herefordshire Lore and Herefordshire Libraries Herefordshire History Archive FREE Exhibition of photos of Herefordshire from World War Two Ross Library, Herefordshire. HR9 7AN 8th...
MONDAY 12 MAY
VISIT to YARPOLE ST LEONARD’S BELLTOWER
Saturday 10 May - Sunday 18th May 2025.Yarpole, St Leonard Parish Church. St Leonard’s Management, Yarpole invites you to our beautiful Bell Tower and Trailblazing 14th century church that was the first reordered church which hosts an award winning Gallery Café,...
GRANGE COURT and GARDENS
Grange Court and Gardens. Open Monday to Saturday, 10 - 4; free tours Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11am; Tuesday and Thursday at 2pm Magnificent historic building open to local community and to visitors. I was built in 1633 and am the last surviving Market House...
HISTORY OF WIGMORE
10 - 18 May, Wigmore Church Presenting the history of our village church, adjacent castle and community through interpretation funded by the National Lottery. Wigmore church was built by the Normans, enhanced by the mighty Mortimers in the 13th and 14th centuries, the...
PHOTOGRAPHY: BUILDINGS OF ROSS 1975
10 - 18 May, Ross-on-Wye A free exhibition of archive photographs. John Gabb and Derek Preece captured many buildings in the town for a publication that Ross Civic Society issued in 1977. Collectively they represent a fascinating snapshot of the town 50 years ago....
WELLINGTON DOVECOTE & HISTORY DISPLAY
10 - 18 May 2025, Wellington Dovecote A display of village history through themed photographs in the church plus the chance to step inside the 18th century octagonal dovecote. The village dovecote at Stocks Yard is a listed building, dating from the 18th century....
ROWDEN ABBEY OPEN HOUSE TOURS
Sat 10, Sun 11, Mon 12 May 2025, 10.00am - 4.00pm, Rowden Abbey Winslow An historic Arts & Crafts private residence Rowden Abbey Country House was built in 1881 and designed by the prominent architect Robert Douglas. It is a stunning example of a period Arts &...
SELLACK WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE TRAIL – SELF-GUIDED
10 - 18 May 2025, Sellack - Self-Guided Trail Almost 20 men are listed on Sellack’s war memorial. The Sellack War Memorial Trail remembers them. The route, mostly following the Herefordshire Trail, runs from Sellack footbridge and the church up to Picts Cross and...
DINEDOR HERITAGE GROUP
Dinedor Heritage GroupDisplay at RotherwasChapel We shall be available while the chapel is open.Display boards will show various aspects of Dinedor Village and Surroundings Â
1,000 YEARS OF HISTORY AT CROFT CASTLE
Open Every Day of the Festival and Beyond, Yarpole, near Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9PW Croft Castle was noted in the Domesday book in 1086 and the Croft family have fought to keep their home ever since. In the castle you can uncover stories about the key members...
HEREFORD QUAKERS – Mon 12 May – Herefordshire Quaker Histories
Monday 12 May 2025 1.00 - 5.00pm, Hereford Quaker Meeting House 1pm-5pm Free drop-in entry. Quaker Meeting House, 21 King Street, Hereford HR4 9BX Â Monday 12th May 12.30pm-1pm Bring a Packed Lunch to Eat (tea provided). Part of Monday's afternoon of Quaker Histories....
HEREFORDSHIRE LIFE THROUGH A LENS
10 - 18 May, Online exhibition 130+ oral history video interviews, four full-length documentaries packed with interviews, archive films and photographs. And much more! Catcher Media's free website contains video, photographic and educational content relating to...
THE TIME TRAVELLERS GUIDE EXHIBITION
Various dates and timings, Peterchurch Church Hub Sunday & Monday 11th/12th May 1pm till 4pm, Tuesday 13th 5pm -8pm, Friday 16th -Sunday 18th May, 1pm - 4pm The Exhibition held in St Peter's Church/Hub in Peterchurch, covers a series of stops in an imagined Time...
GUIDED WALKS IN HEREFORD with The Guild of Mayor’s Guides
Daily Monday to Friday at 11.30am Sunday at 2.30pm. Approximately 90 minutes. From the North porch of Hereford Cathedral. Our city’s key location on the Wye and the Welsh border has created a remarkable history, from its Saxon origins and Norman expansion, through...
BACTON ALTAR CLOTH & BLANCHE PARRY
Monday 12 May 2025 2.30pm, Bacton Church Blanche Parry was close to Queen Elizabeth I for 56 years, most of the Queen's life. Hear about Elizabeth's unique dress, and Blanche's tomb. The postcode for Bacton Church is HR2 0AR.
HEREFORD QUAKERS – Mon 12 May – A Celebration of Herefordshire Film Making
Monday 12 May 2025 5.00 - 7.00pm, Hereford Quaker Meeting House MONDAY 12th MAY EARLY EVENING : A CELEBRATION OF HEREFORDHIRE FILMMAKING 5pm-7pm Free drop-in entry, with tea, juice and popcorn. Quaker Meeting House, 21 King Street, Hereford HR4 9BX We will be...
NEW FINDINGS AT LEINTWARDINE CHURCH
Monday 12 May 2025 2.00pm, Leintwardine Church Tour of the findings led by Leintwardine History Society. (Free event)Proving that history is all around us this tour looks at new discoveries about the history of the church and its construction. During 2024 it was noted...
BRIAN HATTON TALK BY ROBIN THORNDYKE – BREINTON HISTORY GROUP
Monday 12 May 7-30pm,Breinton Village Hall Monday 12th May, in Breinton Village Hall at 7.30pm, Robin Thorndyke will be presenting an illustrated talk on the work of the much admired local young artist Brian Hatton(1887-1916). "The Harrow and The Plough" celebrates...
HEREFORD QUAKERS – HISTORY SYMPOSIUM
Saturday 10th May 12.30-6.30; Monday 12th 12.30-5pm; Tuesday 13th 12.30-5pm Free TEA, CAKE and EXHIBITS as part of the Herefordshire Histories Festival. Free, drop-in entry. Exhibits from or about:• History of British Quakers and Quaker Issues (Poverty; Enslavement,...
GUIDED TOURS OF GARWAY TEMPLAR CHURCH
Sun 11 - Sun 18 May, Garway Church Templar Church established in 1180 following a gift of land by Henry II. Round foundations can still be seen. Friends of Garway Church and Garway Heritage Group will be giving tours of the Church during Herefordshire Histories week....
THE HEREFORDSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY MUSEUM
Mon 12 - Fri 16 May, 12.30 - 3.00pm. The Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum The Museum tells the story of the The Herefordshire Light Infantry, The Herefordshire Regiment and The Herefordshire Rifle Volunteers. Admission is free Suvla Barracks, Harold St, Hereford,...
ALL AROUND LEOMINSTER – Photos from the 1980’s
Saturday 3Â - 31 May 2025 2.00 - 5.00pm, The Stables Gallery, Leominster Information Centre, Corn Square, Leominster HR6 8YP A exhibition of black and white photographs taken in and around Leominster in the 1980s by local photographer Christopher Preece who was in his...
HEREFORDSHIRE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Thu 8 - 31 May 2025 during Ross Library Opening Hours, Ross Library Unique images from Herefordshire Lore and Herefordshire Libraries Herefordshire History Archive FREE Exhibition of photos of Herefordshire from World War Two Ross Library, Herefordshire. HR9 7AN 8th...
VISIT to YARPOLE ST LEONARD’S BELLTOWER
Saturday 10 May - Sunday 18th May 2025.Yarpole, St Leonard Parish Church. St Leonard’s Management, Yarpole invites you to our beautiful Bell Tower and Trailblazing 14th century church that was the first reordered church which hosts an award winning Gallery Café,...
GRANGE COURT and GARDENS
Grange Court and Gardens. Open Monday to Saturday, 10 - 4; free tours Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11am; Tuesday and Thursday at 2pm Magnificent historic building open to local community and to visitors. I was built in 1633 and am the last surviving Market House...
HISTORY OF WIGMORE
10 - 18 May, Wigmore Church Presenting the history of our village church, adjacent castle and community through interpretation funded by the National Lottery. Wigmore church was built by the Normans, enhanced by the mighty Mortimers in the 13th and 14th centuries, the...
PHOTOGRAPHY: BUILDINGS OF ROSS 1975
10 - 18 May, Ross-on-Wye A free exhibition of archive photographs. John Gabb and Derek Preece captured many buildings in the town for a publication that Ross Civic Society issued in 1977. Collectively they represent a fascinating snapshot of the town 50 years ago....
WELLINGTON DOVECOTE & HISTORY DISPLAY
10 - 18 May 2025, Wellington Dovecote A display of village history through themed photographs in the church plus the chance to step inside the 18th century octagonal dovecote. The village dovecote at Stocks Yard is a listed building, dating from the 18th century....
ROWDEN ABBEY OPEN HOUSE TOURS
Sat 10, Sun 11, Mon 12 May 2025, 10.00am - 4.00pm, Rowden Abbey Winslow An historic Arts & Crafts private residence Rowden Abbey Country House was built in 1881 and designed by the prominent architect Robert Douglas. It is a stunning example of a period Arts &...
SELLACK WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE TRAIL – SELF-GUIDED
10 - 18 May 2025, Sellack - Self-Guided Trail Almost 20 men are listed on Sellack’s war memorial. The Sellack War Memorial Trail remembers them. The route, mostly following the Herefordshire Trail, runs from Sellack footbridge and the church up to Picts Cross and...
DINEDOR HERITAGE GROUP
Dinedor Heritage GroupDisplay at RotherwasChapel We shall be available while the chapel is open.Display boards will show various aspects of Dinedor Village and Surroundings Â
1,000 YEARS OF HISTORY AT CROFT CASTLE
Open Every Day of the Festival and Beyond, Yarpole, near Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9PW Croft Castle was noted in the Domesday book in 1086 and the Croft family have fought to keep their home ever since. In the castle you can uncover stories about the key members...
HEREFORD QUAKERS – Mon 12 May – Herefordshire Quaker Histories
Monday 12 May 2025 1.00 - 5.00pm, Hereford Quaker Meeting House 1pm-5pm Free drop-in entry. Quaker Meeting House, 21 King Street, Hereford HR4 9BX Â Monday 12th May 12.30pm-1pm Bring a Packed Lunch to Eat (tea provided). Part of Monday's afternoon of Quaker Histories....
HEREFORDSHIRE LIFE THROUGH A LENS
10 - 18 May, Online exhibition 130+ oral history video interviews, four full-length documentaries packed with interviews, archive films and photographs. And much more! Catcher Media's free website contains video, photographic and educational content relating to...
THE TIME TRAVELLERS GUIDE EXHIBITION
Various dates and timings, Peterchurch Church Hub Sunday & Monday 11th/12th May 1pm till 4pm, Tuesday 13th 5pm -8pm, Friday 16th -Sunday 18th May, 1pm - 4pm The Exhibition held in St Peter's Church/Hub in Peterchurch, covers a series of stops in an imagined Time...
GUIDED WALKS IN HEREFORD with The Guild of Mayor’s Guides
Daily Monday to Friday at 11.30am Sunday at 2.30pm. Approximately 90 minutes. From the North porch of Hereford Cathedral. Our city’s key location on the Wye and the Welsh border has created a remarkable history, from its Saxon origins and Norman expansion, through...
BACTON ALTAR CLOTH & BLANCHE PARRY
Monday 12 May 2025 2.30pm, Bacton Church Blanche Parry was close to Queen Elizabeth I for 56 years, most of the Queen's life. Hear about Elizabeth's unique dress, and Blanche's tomb. The postcode for Bacton Church is HR2 0AR.
HEREFORD QUAKERS – Mon 12 May – A Celebration of Herefordshire Film Making
Monday 12 May 2025 5.00 - 7.00pm, Hereford Quaker Meeting House MONDAY 12th MAY EARLY EVENING : A CELEBRATION OF HEREFORDHIRE FILMMAKING 5pm-7pm Free drop-in entry, with tea, juice and popcorn. Quaker Meeting House, 21 King Street, Hereford HR4 9BX We will be...
NEW FINDINGS AT LEINTWARDINE CHURCH
Monday 12 May 2025 2.00pm, Leintwardine Church Tour of the findings led by Leintwardine History Society. (Free event)Proving that history is all around us this tour looks at new discoveries about the history of the church and its construction. During 2024 it was noted...
BRIAN HATTON TALK BY ROBIN THORNDYKE – BREINTON HISTORY GROUP
Monday 12 May 7-30pm,Breinton Village Hall Monday 12th May, in Breinton Village Hall at 7.30pm, Robin Thorndyke will be presenting an illustrated talk on the work of the much admired local young artist Brian Hatton(1887-1916). "The Harrow and The Plough" celebrates...
HEREFORD QUAKERS – HISTORY SYMPOSIUM
Saturday 10th May 12.30-6.30; Monday 12th 12.30-5pm; Tuesday 13th 12.30-5pm Free TEA, CAKE and EXHIBITS as part of the Herefordshire Histories Festival. Free, drop-in entry. Exhibits from or about:• History of British Quakers and Quaker Issues (Poverty; Enslavement,...
GUIDED TOURS OF GARWAY TEMPLAR CHURCH
Sun 11 - Sun 18 May, Garway Church Templar Church established in 1180 following a gift of land by Henry II. Round foundations can still be seen. Friends of Garway Church and Garway Heritage Group will be giving tours of the Church during Herefordshire Histories week....
THE HEREFORDSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY MUSEUM
Mon 12 - Fri 16 May, 12.30 - 3.00pm. The Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum The Museum tells the story of the The Herefordshire Light Infantry, The Herefordshire Regiment and The Herefordshire Rifle Volunteers. Admission is free Suvla Barracks, Harold St, Hereford,...
ALL AROUND LEOMINSTER – Photos from the 1980’s
Saturday 3Â - 31 May 2025 2.00 - 5.00pm, The Stables Gallery, Leominster Information Centre, Corn Square, Leominster HR6 8YP A exhibition of black and white photographs taken in and around Leominster in the 1980s by local photographer Christopher Preece who was in his...