Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May 2025 9.00am - 5.00pm, Aymestrey Church Aymestrey History Group are pleased to have a display of their work covering 1939 to 1949 including a memorial to the three servicemen from the parish, killed in WWII. As well as articles, photos and...
NORTH HEREFORDSHIRE
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,...
THE CIDER MILL AT THE BELL, YARPOLE.
CIDER MILL at the Bell Inn, Yarpole, Open every day except Monday & Tuesday of the festival. The pub still retains the original Mill and large millstone, dating from the 17th century; used for pulping the apples. The Cider Mill was powered using a horse....
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...
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 &...
GUIDED WALKS OF HISTORIC LEOMINSTER
10, 14, 17 May 2025, Leominster Information Centre There will be three opportunities this week to join a 90 minute guided walk of Leominster Town Centre Leominster Heritage Guides invite you to join one of their experienced volunteer guides on a fascinating walk...
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...
NATIONAL MILLS WEEKEND
NATIONAL MILLS WEEKENDHEREFORDSHIRE & PARTS OF NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES SAT. 10th and SUN. 11th MAY, 2025This year 23 mills hope to be open to the public in this area;9 in Herefordshire, 6 in Shropshire, 6 in Worcestershire and 2 in Powys. HEREFORDSHIREClodock Mill...
KINGSLAND CHURCHYARD OPEN AFTERNOON
Sunday 11 May 2025 12.00 - 4.00pm, Kingsland Churchyard Join the team from Our Digital Ancestors to explore the history and heritage of Kingsland’s churchyard and learn more about the memorials of those buried here.This event is free, just drop in!There will be a...
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...
The QUAKER HISTORY OF LEOMINSTER
Tuesday 13 May 2025 10.00 - 12.00Meet at Grange Court, Pinsley Road, Leominster HR6 8NL Organised by Leominster Walkers are Welcome. Tickets from Leominster TIC in Corn Square or on the day. £5.00, under 16s free Exploring the many parts of the town associated with...
ARTISAN ART IN HEREFORDSHIRE
Tuesday 13 May 2.30pm. St Mary’s Church, Pembridge Dr. Kathryn Davies ‘Artisan Art in Herefordshire: Insights into early modern, everyday life’ Nearly all houses in the late 16th. and early 17th. century had some form of painted decoration on their walls, usually in...
LEOMINSTER AND WAR HISTORY WALK
Wednesday 14th May starting at 10am A short walk in the centre of Leominster looking at life and stories in periods of war. Start from Leominster Information Centre. Tickets £5.00 from Leominster Information Centre, Corn Square, Leominster 01568 611734 Organised by...
GARDEN HISTORY TOUR AT BERRINGTON HALL
Wednesday 14 May 2025 12.15-1.45pm, Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0DW Get a real understanding of Berrington Hall's garden and landscape to learn how people and plants have shaped the grounds. This event runs from 12:15pm - 1:45pm every Wednesday....
GUIDED TOURS OF RODD COURT
Thursday 15 May 2025 Thursday 15 May, 11am - 12pm AND 2pm - 3pm. Guided Tours of Rodd Court. Explore and learn some of the history of this atmospheric grade II* Jacobean Manor House, finished c1630, now part of a rural centre for the arts. Enjoy a tour of atmospheric...
80:80 HEREFORDSHIRE MEMORIES OF WW2
Various dates at Herefordshire Libraries It’s 80 years since VE and VJ Days marked the end of the deadliest conflict in history, World War 2. Over the next four months Herefordshire Libraries and Herefordshire Lore will work together to remember the war in 80 stories...
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...
THE KINGSLAND TRAGEDY
Friday 16 May at 7.00pm, Coronation Hall, Kingsland, HR6 9SQ A dramatised retelling of the tragic tale of Fanny Goss in Victorian Kingsland by the Kingsland History Group followed by a Q&A with historical researcher Elizabeth Semper O'Keefe. Admission is £5 and...
THE EARLY CHURCH IN HEREFORDSHIRE
Saturday 17 May 2025, 2.30pm Orleton Church Prof. Keith Ray will speak about ‘The Early Church in Herefordshire: Twenty Five Years On.’ In the year 2000, the Leominster History Study Group organised a Conference at The Priory with half a dozen invited speakers...
DYNASTY OF DESTINY 1066 – 1485
Saturday 17 May 2025, Ludlow Methodist Church When Edmund Mortimer, lord of Wigmore and 5th earl of March, died childless in February 1425, the Mortimer inheritance of wealth, lands, and titles passed to his direct male descendant, his nephew and heir, Richard, Duke...
HEREFORD CATTLE HISTORIES
Saturday 17 May 2025 2.00 - 3.00pm, The Rodd, Presteigne. For many worldwide, ‘Hereford’ is synonymous with the county’s white-faced, red-coated cattle. The development of this much-loved breed has close connections to North Herefordshire, including The Rodd near...
PEMBRIDGE MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL
Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th May 2025. Opening ceremony at 10.00 am Pembridge Medieval living history camp; displays and demonstrations; skirmish based on the local Battle of Mortimer's Cross in 1461. Free entry for all. Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th May 2025....
AYMESTREY IN WW2
Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May 2025 9.00am - 5.00pm, Aymestrey Church Aymestrey History Group are pleased to have a display of their work covering 1939 to 1949 including a memorial to the three servicemen from the parish, killed in WWII. As well as articles, photos and...
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,...
THE CIDER MILL AT THE BELL, YARPOLE.
CIDER MILL at the Bell Inn, Yarpole, Open every day except Monday & Tuesday of the festival. The pub still retains the original Mill and large millstone, dating from the 17th century; used for pulping the apples. The Cider Mill was powered using a horse....
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...
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 &...
GUIDED WALKS OF HISTORIC LEOMINSTER
10, 14, 17 May 2025, Leominster Information Centre There will be three opportunities this week to join a 90 minute guided walk of Leominster Town Centre Leominster Heritage Guides invite you to join one of their experienced volunteer guides on a fascinating walk...
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...
NATIONAL MILLS WEEKEND
NATIONAL MILLS WEEKENDHEREFORDSHIRE & PARTS OF NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES SAT. 10th and SUN. 11th MAY, 2025This year 23 mills hope to be open to the public in this area;9 in Herefordshire, 6 in Shropshire, 6 in Worcestershire and 2 in Powys. HEREFORDSHIREClodock Mill...
KINGSLAND CHURCHYARD OPEN AFTERNOON
Sunday 11 May 2025 12.00 - 4.00pm, Kingsland Churchyard Join the team from Our Digital Ancestors to explore the history and heritage of Kingsland’s churchyard and learn more about the memorials of those buried here.This event is free, just drop in!There will be a...
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...
The QUAKER HISTORY OF LEOMINSTER
Tuesday 13 May 2025 10.00 - 12.00Meet at Grange Court, Pinsley Road, Leominster HR6 8NL Organised by Leominster Walkers are Welcome. Tickets from Leominster TIC in Corn Square or on the day. £5.00, under 16s free Exploring the many parts of the town associated with...
ARTISAN ART IN HEREFORDSHIRE
Tuesday 13 May 2.30pm. St Mary’s Church, Pembridge Dr. Kathryn Davies ‘Artisan Art in Herefordshire: Insights into early modern, everyday life’ Nearly all houses in the late 16th. and early 17th. century had some form of painted decoration on their walls, usually in...
LEOMINSTER AND WAR HISTORY WALK
Wednesday 14th May starting at 10am A short walk in the centre of Leominster looking at life and stories in periods of war. Start from Leominster Information Centre. Tickets £5.00 from Leominster Information Centre, Corn Square, Leominster 01568 611734 Organised by...
GARDEN HISTORY TOUR AT BERRINGTON HALL
Wednesday 14 May 2025 12.15-1.45pm, Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0DW Get a real understanding of Berrington Hall's garden and landscape to learn how people and plants have shaped the grounds. This event runs from 12:15pm - 1:45pm every Wednesday....
GUIDED TOURS OF RODD COURT
Thursday 15 May 2025 Thursday 15 May, 11am - 12pm AND 2pm - 3pm. Guided Tours of Rodd Court. Explore and learn some of the history of this atmospheric grade II* Jacobean Manor House, finished c1630, now part of a rural centre for the arts. Enjoy a tour of atmospheric...
80:80 HEREFORDSHIRE MEMORIES OF WW2
Various dates at Herefordshire Libraries It’s 80 years since VE and VJ Days marked the end of the deadliest conflict in history, World War 2. Over the next four months Herefordshire Libraries and Herefordshire Lore will work together to remember the war in 80 stories...
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...
THE KINGSLAND TRAGEDY
Friday 16 May at 7.00pm, Coronation Hall, Kingsland, HR6 9SQ A dramatised retelling of the tragic tale of Fanny Goss in Victorian Kingsland by the Kingsland History Group followed by a Q&A with historical researcher Elizabeth Semper O'Keefe. Admission is £5 and...
THE EARLY CHURCH IN HEREFORDSHIRE
Saturday 17 May 2025, 2.30pm Orleton Church Prof. Keith Ray will speak about ‘The Early Church in Herefordshire: Twenty Five Years On.’ In the year 2000, the Leominster History Study Group organised a Conference at The Priory with half a dozen invited speakers...
DYNASTY OF DESTINY 1066 – 1485
Saturday 17 May 2025, Ludlow Methodist Church When Edmund Mortimer, lord of Wigmore and 5th earl of March, died childless in February 1425, the Mortimer inheritance of wealth, lands, and titles passed to his direct male descendant, his nephew and heir, Richard, Duke...
HEREFORD CATTLE HISTORIES
Saturday 17 May 2025 2.00 - 3.00pm, The Rodd, Presteigne. For many worldwide, ‘Hereford’ is synonymous with the county’s white-faced, red-coated cattle. The development of this much-loved breed has close connections to North Herefordshire, including The Rodd near...
PEMBRIDGE MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL
Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th May 2025. Opening ceremony at 10.00 am Pembridge Medieval living history camp; displays and demonstrations; skirmish based on the local Battle of Mortimer's Cross in 1461. Free entry for all. Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th May 2025....