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...
TUESDAY 12 MAY
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...