Introduction by Rosemary Rigby M.B.E. Founder of the Violette Szabo GC Museum A dream that became a reality on the 24th June 2000! During the 36 years I have lived at ‘Cartref House’ the idea of creating this unique memorial for Violette took root. Having already...
SEPTEMBER
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Located in the former court house and police station, Weobley Museum celebrates and illustrates the fascinating history of this black and white village. The main focus of our displays in 2026 is Broad Street, the commercial centre of village life, running between...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Herefordshire FHS NBI Recording
We meet on the first Friday of each month at the Hereford Record Office. Volunteers are always welcome to attend: please contact the NBI Co-ordinator Linda Lloyd for more details. Click below. This takes place every first Friday of the Month at the Herefordshire...
The VIOLETTE SZABO GC Museum
Introduction by Rosemary Rigby M.B.E. Founder of the Violette Szabo GC Museum A dream that became a reality on the 24th June 2000! During the 36 years I have lived at ‘Cartref House’ the idea of creating this unique memorial for Violette took root. Having already...
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Located in the former court house and police station, Weobley Museum celebrates and illustrates the fascinating history of this black and white village. The main focus of our displays in 2026 is Broad Street, the commercial centre of village life, running between...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Herefordshire FHS NBI Recording
We meet on the first Friday of each month at the Hereford Record Office. Volunteers are always welcome to attend: please contact the NBI Co-ordinator Linda Lloyd for more details. Click below. This takes place every first Friday of the Month at the Herefordshire...