Roman Leintwardine was unusual as a settlement. It is protected with an impressive Vallum, partly still visible today. It neither fits the form of a Roman fort nor a vicus. We think that there is potential evidence of some continuity with pre Roman occupation. The...
NORTH HEREFORDSHIRE
Kingsland Village Trail
A self-guided trail trail of eight historic village houses in Kingsland which is available throughout the year. The research and information provided in the guide has been researched and compiled by the Kingsland History Group. The guide is available at the Kingsland...
Walk Leominster’s Anglo Saxon history
A special guided walking tour of Leominster focused on the town before the Normal conquest and its redevelopment following the re-founding of the Priory in 1125. This tour has been curated especially to illuminate the Viking and Anglo-Saxon influences on the town’s...
Vikings at the Priory
Main Exhibition 27 May to 22 June The ‘Vikings at the Priory’ exhibition is open every day from 10am - 4pm (Sundays 11am - 4pm) including the Herefordshire Hoard ‘Revealing our Roots’ exhibit. Leominster Priory is a working church and some special services may be...
Viking Re-enactment Weekend 30 and 31 May
Leominster’s park – the Grange - is being transformed by Regia Anglorum, a group of re-enactors - into a Viking village for the weekend of 30 & 31 May. The actors will live like Vikings, eating, sleeping, singing, praying, playing and doing battle training....
Leominster’s Old Priory – Past, Present and Future
Join us on Saturday 23rd May at 3pm for a chance to hear about the fascinating history and exciting future plans for Leominster’s Old Priory Centre – a 900 year old heritage site and Scheduled Ancient Monument. Originally part of the medieval Leominster Priory...
Anglo Saxon Weaving Workshop
Our Anglo-Saxon and Viking ancestors made everything they wore by collecting and preparing the wool, spinning, dyeing and then weaving it. These traditional practices have been handed down across the centuries and are still used today. A regular Friday workshop run by...
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...
Guided Tour of 17th-Century Rodd Court
Step back in time with a fascinating guided tour of the atmospheric Jacobean manor house, Rodd Court. Led by knowledgeable guide Alisdair, this one-hour experience offers a unique opportunity to explore the rich history and character of this remarkable building....
Archaeology Walk At The Rodd
Step into the past with Herefordshire archaeologist Tim Hoverd and uncover thousands of years of human history on a guided archaeology walk through the beautiful Welsh Marches landscape. This 1.5 hour circular walk will explore the signs of human habitation...
Guided Walk around Sutton Walls
Members of Sutton Walls Conservation Group will be leading a Guided Walk around Sutton Walls Hillfort at 10.30am on Sunday May 17th. Displays about the archaeology, history and ecology of Sutton Walls by Sutton Walls Conservation Group, plus further displays on...
Compassionate Quakers
Compassionate Quakers Join us on a walk around some of the key places associated with the story of the Quakers in Leominster, including Henry Stanley Newman, founder of the Orphan's Press and associated children's home. Tuesday, 19 May, 11 - 1 Meet outside the...
Elizabethan Wall Paintings in Wellington
All bookings must be made via Eventbrite please. This is not a drop in event - only visitors with tickets via Eventbrite may attend. Link to booking page. During house improvements and redecoration in 2018, the home owners of Church House Farm uncovered paintings...
Celebrating Weobley Churchyard
Weobley and District Local History Society, the Weobley Branch of Herefordshire Wildlife Trust and Weobley PCC are celebrating 25 years of Caring for God's Acre in Weobley churchyard. Enjoy guided walks, short talks, hands-on activities for all ages exploring the...
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...
Farming in Herefordshire since 1945
Tickets: £5 on the door, and to be certain of a seat you can reserve/purchase tickets in advance. There has been farming in the Arrow Valley for thousands of years but there was never more change in Agriculture than that which occured after the Second World war. Tony...
Guided Walks in Historic Leominster
A 90 minute guided walk and talk. Join the tour as we trace Leominster's long history from the foundation of its minster church and first monastery in AD 660. The easy-paced tour, via historic landmarks of Leominster, begins and ends in Corn Square. Tickets £5.00...
Leominster History Society
Programme 2026 Wednesday, March 18th - TIM HOVERD The story of Snodhill Castle, in the Golden Valley between Peterchurch and Dorstone. A unique castle with an extraordinary history. Wednesday, April 15th - DAVID LOVELACE Leominster landscape and agriculture. The...
The Orchard in the Hillfort
The Orchard in the Hillfort Circular walk 3.5 miles to Risbury Hillfort with its lovely orchard, where we will have a short talk about this historic site and a bring and share picnic Sunday 10 May 2026 Meet 2.30pm at Humber Woodland of Remembrance (HR6 0NE) Tickets...
Landscape, Architecture and Memory – The Drawings of Elizabeth Lewis
Elizabeth Jane Woodhouse Lewis (1813–1874) was born in Ludlow and spent much of her life at Yatton Court, Aymestrey. She seems to have been a remarkably independent spirit, who defied her father by marrying geologist and antiquarian, Revd Thomas Taylor Lewis. She was...
The Peasants’ Revolt
In the summer of 1381, the first well documented popular rising in England shook the political foundations of a nation. A teenage king sought to deal with a populace pushed beyond what they could tolerate. What sparked the Peasants’ Revolt? Why is the name it has been...
The Tichborne family
This talk will tell the history of one of the oldest English families, the Tichbornes of Hampshire, who have lived at Tichborne near Winchester since before the Norman Conquest and still live there now. Their story includes a twelfth century curse that came true in...
SAXON Church Tour
On Friday 12th June 10am - 4pm Fr Guy Cole and Neil Ramsay lead an intimate tour of the best preserved Saxon churches in the diocese of Hereford. Starting at Leominster Priory, the tour will take in St Giles Acton Beauchamp, St Leonards Hatfield, St Mary Edwin Loach,...
Herefordshire Hillforts
The literature on the Iron Age in Britain is replete with descriptions of the form and the excavation of hilltop or hillslope enclosures commonly known as ‘hillforts.’ Areas in - or close to - the upland areas of Britain sometimes have particularly dense distributions...
Strolling Players
STROLLING PLAYERS The story of Sarah Siddons, the Kemble family and other theatrical groups who travelled and performed around the country A talk by Stuart Currie of Leominster Heritage Guides Grange Court, Leominster HR6 8NL Thursday 26 March, 7pm. Bar opens at 6.30...
Ocean Liners
A nostalgic return to the days when passenger ships looked like ships and passengers had cabins not staterooms. An age when ships engaged on long distance voyages and not seven night cruises. The Advent of jet travel in the late 1950s changed everything and shipping...
Leintwardine before the Normans
Roman Leintwardine was unusual as a settlement. It is protected with an impressive Vallum, partly still visible today. It neither fits the form of a Roman fort nor a vicus. We think that there is potential evidence of some continuity with pre Roman occupation. The...
Kingsland Village Trail
A self-guided trail trail of eight historic village houses in Kingsland which is available throughout the year. The research and information provided in the guide has been researched and compiled by the Kingsland History Group. The guide is available at the Kingsland...
Walk Leominster’s Anglo Saxon history
A special guided walking tour of Leominster focused on the town before the Normal conquest and its redevelopment following the re-founding of the Priory in 1125. This tour has been curated especially to illuminate the Viking and Anglo-Saxon influences on the town’s...
Vikings at the Priory
Main Exhibition 27 May to 22 June The ‘Vikings at the Priory’ exhibition is open every day from 10am - 4pm (Sundays 11am - 4pm) including the Herefordshire Hoard ‘Revealing our Roots’ exhibit. Leominster Priory is a working church and some special services may be...
Viking Re-enactment Weekend 30 and 31 May
Leominster’s park – the Grange - is being transformed by Regia Anglorum, a group of re-enactors - into a Viking village for the weekend of 30 & 31 May. The actors will live like Vikings, eating, sleeping, singing, praying, playing and doing battle training....
Leominster’s Old Priory – Past, Present and Future
Join us on Saturday 23rd May at 3pm for a chance to hear about the fascinating history and exciting future plans for Leominster’s Old Priory Centre – a 900 year old heritage site and Scheduled Ancient Monument. Originally part of the medieval Leominster Priory...
Anglo Saxon Weaving Workshop
Our Anglo-Saxon and Viking ancestors made everything they wore by collecting and preparing the wool, spinning, dyeing and then weaving it. These traditional practices have been handed down across the centuries and are still used today. A regular Friday workshop run by...
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...
Guided Tour of 17th-Century Rodd Court
Step back in time with a fascinating guided tour of the atmospheric Jacobean manor house, Rodd Court. Led by knowledgeable guide Alisdair, this one-hour experience offers a unique opportunity to explore the rich history and character of this remarkable building....
Archaeology Walk At The Rodd
Step into the past with Herefordshire archaeologist Tim Hoverd and uncover thousands of years of human history on a guided archaeology walk through the beautiful Welsh Marches landscape. This 1.5 hour circular walk will explore the signs of human habitation...
Guided Walk around Sutton Walls
Members of Sutton Walls Conservation Group will be leading a Guided Walk around Sutton Walls Hillfort at 10.30am on Sunday May 17th. Displays about the archaeology, history and ecology of Sutton Walls by Sutton Walls Conservation Group, plus further displays on...
Compassionate Quakers
Compassionate Quakers Join us on a walk around some of the key places associated with the story of the Quakers in Leominster, including Henry Stanley Newman, founder of the Orphan's Press and associated children's home. Tuesday, 19 May, 11 - 1 Meet outside the...
Elizabethan Wall Paintings in Wellington
All bookings must be made via Eventbrite please. This is not a drop in event - only visitors with tickets via Eventbrite may attend. Link to booking page. During house improvements and redecoration in 2018, the home owners of Church House Farm uncovered paintings...
Celebrating Weobley Churchyard
Weobley and District Local History Society, the Weobley Branch of Herefordshire Wildlife Trust and Weobley PCC are celebrating 25 years of Caring for God's Acre in Weobley churchyard. Enjoy guided walks, short talks, hands-on activities for all ages exploring the...
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...
Farming in Herefordshire since 1945
Tickets: £5 on the door, and to be certain of a seat you can reserve/purchase tickets in advance. There has been farming in the Arrow Valley for thousands of years but there was never more change in Agriculture than that which occured after the Second World war. Tony...
Guided Walks in Historic Leominster
A 90 minute guided walk and talk. Join the tour as we trace Leominster's long history from the foundation of its minster church and first monastery in AD 660. The easy-paced tour, via historic landmarks of Leominster, begins and ends in Corn Square. Tickets £5.00...
Leominster History Society
Programme 2026 Wednesday, March 18th - TIM HOVERD The story of Snodhill Castle, in the Golden Valley between Peterchurch and Dorstone. A unique castle with an extraordinary history. Wednesday, April 15th - DAVID LOVELACE Leominster landscape and agriculture. The...
The Orchard in the Hillfort
The Orchard in the Hillfort Circular walk 3.5 miles to Risbury Hillfort with its lovely orchard, where we will have a short talk about this historic site and a bring and share picnic Sunday 10 May 2026 Meet 2.30pm at Humber Woodland of Remembrance (HR6 0NE) Tickets...
Landscape, Architecture and Memory – The Drawings of Elizabeth Lewis
Elizabeth Jane Woodhouse Lewis (1813–1874) was born in Ludlow and spent much of her life at Yatton Court, Aymestrey. She seems to have been a remarkably independent spirit, who defied her father by marrying geologist and antiquarian, Revd Thomas Taylor Lewis. She was...
The Peasants’ Revolt
In the summer of 1381, the first well documented popular rising in England shook the political foundations of a nation. A teenage king sought to deal with a populace pushed beyond what they could tolerate. What sparked the Peasants’ Revolt? Why is the name it has been...
The Tichborne family
This talk will tell the history of one of the oldest English families, the Tichbornes of Hampshire, who have lived at Tichborne near Winchester since before the Norman Conquest and still live there now. Their story includes a twelfth century curse that came true in...
SAXON Church Tour
On Friday 12th June 10am - 4pm Fr Guy Cole and Neil Ramsay lead an intimate tour of the best preserved Saxon churches in the diocese of Hereford. Starting at Leominster Priory, the tour will take in St Giles Acton Beauchamp, St Leonards Hatfield, St Mary Edwin Loach,...
Herefordshire Hillforts
The literature on the Iron Age in Britain is replete with descriptions of the form and the excavation of hilltop or hillslope enclosures commonly known as ‘hillforts.’ Areas in - or close to - the upland areas of Britain sometimes have particularly dense distributions...
Strolling Players
STROLLING PLAYERS The story of Sarah Siddons, the Kemble family and other theatrical groups who travelled and performed around the country A talk by Stuart Currie of Leominster Heritage Guides Grange Court, Leominster HR6 8NL Thursday 26 March, 7pm. Bar opens at 6.30...
Ocean Liners
A nostalgic return to the days when passenger ships looked like ships and passengers had cabins not staterooms. An age when ships engaged on long distance voyages and not seven night cruises. The Advent of jet travel in the late 1950s changed everything and shipping...