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...
WEDNESDAY 20 MAY
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...
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...
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...
Herefordshire History Pub Quiz
For teams of up to five people this quiz night, hosted by Hereford Civic Society in the Brewery Room, will be the second of two on successive Wednesdays during the Festival. The theme is Herefordshire history. 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start. £3 per person
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
Herefordshire History Pub Quiz
For teams of up to five people this quiz night, hosted by Hereford Civic Society in the Brewery Room, will be the second of two on successive Wednesdays during the Festival. The theme is Herefordshire history. 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start. £3 per person
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...