The talk explores the story of heirs, spares (and a cuckoo in the nest!) that kept the Pateshalls at Allensmore Court for over two centuries. Come and hear about sibling rivalries, rebellious nieces, military heroes and 'lunatics', all underpinned by a formula for...
SOUTH HEREFORDSHIRE
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...
Voices from the River Wye
In the summer of 2017, Marsha O’Mahony travelled up and down the Wye in Herefordshire recording the experiences of the people who have lived and worked on the river, or simply been drawn to its waters in search of recreation or a jam jar of minnows. Thanks to then a...
We Will Remember Them
Jennifer Harrison will show how we remember those from Herefordshire who died in the service of our country. Jennifer will look at all the many different ways we commemorate them in the towns and villages throughout the county. She will also take us further...
Horse Drawn Tramways
The early tramways of the Wye Valley were a short-lived transport system of horse-drawn waggons on rails operating from the late eighteenth century to the introduction of steam locomotives, primarily used for transporting goods such as coal, lime and minerals.
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....
The Pateshalls of Allensmore Court
The talk explores the story of heirs, spares (and a cuckoo in the nest!) that kept the Pateshalls at Allensmore Court for over two centuries. Come and hear about sibling rivalries, rebellious nieces, military heroes and 'lunatics', all underpinned by a formula for...
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...
Voices from the River Wye
In the summer of 2017, Marsha O’Mahony travelled up and down the Wye in Herefordshire recording the experiences of the people who have lived and worked on the river, or simply been drawn to its waters in search of recreation or a jam jar of minnows. Thanks to then a...
We Will Remember Them
Jennifer Harrison will show how we remember those from Herefordshire who died in the service of our country. Jennifer will look at all the many different ways we commemorate them in the towns and villages throughout the county. She will also take us further...
Horse Drawn Tramways
The early tramways of the Wye Valley were a short-lived transport system of horse-drawn waggons on rails operating from the late eighteenth century to the introduction of steam locomotives, primarily used for transporting goods such as coal, lime and minerals.
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....