Herefordshire Histories Festival Events
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EARLY MAY
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SATURDAY 10 MAY
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GUIDED WALKS OF HISTORIC LEOMINSTER
10, 14, 17 May 2025, Leominster Information Centre There will be three opportunities this week to join a 90 minute guided walk of Leominster Town Centre Leominster Heritage Guides invite you to join one of their experienced volunteer guides on a fascinating walk...
CLODOCK MILL OPEN DAYS
10 & 11 May, 2pm - 5pm, Clodock Mill Several traditional watermills across Herefordshire will be open to visitors on National Mills Weekend, 10th and 11th May. All being well, Clodock Mill on the River Monnow will be grinding corn each afternoon. Refreshments and...
SELLACK WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE TRAIL
10 - 18 May 2025, Sellack Almost 20 men are listed on Sellack’s war memorial. The Sellack War Memorial Trail remembers them. The route, mostly following the Herefordshire Trail, runs from Sellack footbridge and the church up to Picts Cross and Upper Grove Common where...
FROM WALTERSTONE TO NEW YORK
Saturday 10, Sunday 11 May 2025 A small exhibition in St Mary's Church Walterstone about David Price, emigration from Herefordshire and the remarkable family of Rev Theophilus Morgan, Vicar of Walterstone, who encouraged David on his big journey to a new life. We also...
HEREFORD FRIENDS HISTORY SYMPOSIUM
10 - 13 May, Friends meeting House, Hereford Four days of events held at the Friends Meeting House (Quakers) in Hereford, with collaborating partners from around the county. Details to follow. Friends Meeting House, 21 King St, Hereford HR4 9BX
DINEDOR HERITAGE GROUP
Dinedor Heritage GroupDisplay at RotherwasChapel We shall be available while the chapel is open.Display boards will show various aspects of Dinedor Village and Surroundings Â
ARCHENFIELD ARTS MUSIC FESTIVAL
Saturday 10 May 2025 10.30am - 5.00pm, Garway Church Local talented folk will perform in the church from 10.30 am until 5 pm.Garway Church has brilliant acoustics. Refreshments and toilet available. Local Choirs, Soloists , Poets, Children, Talented folk will perform...
1,000 YEARS OF HISTORY AT CROFT CASTLE
Open Every Day of the Festival and Beyond, Yarpole, near Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9PW Croft Castle was noted in the Domesday book in 1086 and the Croft family have fought to keep their home ever since. In the castle you can uncover stories about the key members...
HEREFORD QUAKERS – Sat 10 May – Stories and Songs
Saturday 10 May 2025 1.00 - 5.00pm, Hereford Quaker Meeting House SATURDAY 10th MAY AFTERNOON: STORIES AND SONG 1pm-5pm Free drop-in entry. Quaker Meeting House, 21 King Street, Hereford HR4 9BX Saturday 10th May 12.30pm-1pm Bring a Packed Lunch to Eat (tea...
HEREFORDSHIRE LIFE THROUGH A LENS
10 - 18 May, Online exhibition 130+ oral history video interviews, four full-length documentaries packed with interviews, archive films and photographs. And much more! Catcher Media's free website contains video, photographic and educational content relating to...
SUNDAY 11 MAY
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GUIDED TOURS OF GARWAY TEMPLAR CHURCH
Sun 11 - Sun 18 May, Garway Church Templar Church established in 1180 following a gift of land by Henry II. Round foundations can still be seen. Friends of Garway Church and Garway Heritage Group will be giving tours of the Church during Herefordshire Histories week....
MONDAY 12 MAY
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TUESDAY 13 MAY
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HAY CASTLE TRUST – DIRECTORS TOUR OF HAY CASTLE
Tuesday 13th May & Thursday 15th May 11:00am - 12:00pm. HAY Castle Come and explore Hay Castle with its director Tom True, who will introduce the history and invite you to get to know some of the characters from the castle’s past. He’ll also talk about running Hay...
ARTISAN ART IN HEREFORDSHIRE
Tuesday 13 May 2.30pm. St Mary’s Church, Pembridge Dr. Kathryn Davies ‘Artisan Art in Herefordshire: Insights into early modern, everyday life’ Nearly all houses in the late 16th. and early 17th. century had some form of painted decoration on their walls, usually in...
WW2 EXHIBITION
Tuesday 13th, Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th May 2025 between 10.30 and 3.30 WW2 Exhibition. The Bunker would like to welcome you to the home of a private collection of British Second World War vehicles and equipment including weapons and uniforms, as part of our...
WEDNESDAY 14 MAY
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BOAT LANE, WALFORD – GUIDED WALK
Wednesday 14 May 2.30pm. Boat Lane, Walford Join local Historian, Heather Hurley for this guided walk along a largely forgotten but historic lane, previously used to service a ferry across the Wye. The ancient route was turnpiked by the Ross Turnpike Trust in 1749 and...
CHURCHES: CONNECTING WITH THE PAST
Wednesday 14th May 7.00pm. Christ Church, Llanwarne Church Heritage: connecting with the past - An illustrated talk by John Handby From the oldest church buildings still in existence to the beliefs and practices of the middle ages the church held an important position...
THURSDAY 15 MAY
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IRON AGE HILLFORT – Guided walk by Prof Keith Ray
Thu 15 May 2025, Eaton Camp, 6.00 - 8.00pm Eaton Camp Historical Society will host an event on the iron-age promontory hillfort at the confluence of the Cage Brook and River Wye. Come and explore the ramparts and grassland in Ruckhall hamlet. Discover why the hillfort...
MEDIEVAL ALLENSMORE
Thursday 15th May, Friday 16th May and Sunday 18th May 2025 Allensmore Church 'What do we know about medieval Allensmore?'Exhibition of Allensmore's history from pre Norman Conquest to the 14th centuryTour(s) of the medieval church with refreshments availableThe event...
HEREFORD & GLOUCESTER CANAL TRUST – Walks along the Canal
Thursday 15 May 2025 10.00am and 1.30pm from Yarkhill Village Hall HR1 3ST The Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal Trust are putting on two walks (same route am & pm) the same day as our display at Yarkhill Village Hall. They will be circular walks starting...
HEREFORD & GLOUCESTER CANAL TRUST DISPLAY
Thursday 15 May 2025 10.00am - 4.00pm, Yarkhill Village Hall Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust present a display telling you about the canal through Herefordshire (and a bit about Gloucestershire). There will be historic and recent photos, details of the...
QUACKS & QUACKERY
Thursday 15 May 2025, 7.00pm. The Master's House, Ledbury The Master’s House, Ledbury was built in 1487/8 as a home for the Master of St. Katherine’s Hospital on behalf of the Dean and Chapter of Hereford Cathedral. In 2025 they celebrate the renovation, restoration...
DORE ABBEY GUIDED TOURS
Thursday 15 and Friday 16 May 2025 11.15am, Dore Abbey Dore Abbey Guided Tours - Come and visit one of the finest Cistercian survivals set in Herefordshire's Golden Valley with a guided tour from a local resident and member of the Friends of Dore Abbey. £4 per...
ST DUBRICIUS IN THE MARCHES
Thursday 15th May 2.30pm. Woolhope Church St. Dubricius and his influence on the corner of the Welsh Marches The Revd Preb Dr C K W Moore will speak about St. Dubricius and consider his influence on this corner of the Welsh Marches during the sixth century.Dubricius,...
BATTLE OF HEREFORD 1055 – David Whitehead
Thursday 15 May 2025 2.00pm, Herefordshire Archives & Records Centre. The Battle of Hereford. Throughout its early history Hereford was a convenient base for English campaigns into Wales. In the Middle Ages it was protected by a hinterland dense with castles but...
FRIDAY 16 MAY
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HEREFORDSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGY: a reappraisal – Keith Ray
Friday 16 May 2025 2.00pm, Herefordshire Archives & Records Centre As part of the Woolhope Club at HARC programme, Keith will discuss how recent archaeological research has informed his current conclusions and ongoing debates. Several years of excavations at...
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
Friday 16 May 2025 6.00 - 8.00pm, Vaga Tavern, Hunderton, Hereford A Pop-up celebration of South Wye and the River Wye at Hunderton Andy Seed, the Blue Peter award-winning children’s author will spend a day working with children at Riverside School followed by a...
NATIONAL TRUST WEIR GARDENS ARCHAEOLOGIST WALK
Friday 16 May 2025 2.00 - 3.00pm, Weir Garden. We’re celebrating the fascinating history of Herefordshire as part of the Herefordshire Histories Festival with a chance to join National Trust Archaeologist, Vivianna Caroli, on a guided walk. The Weir Garden sits in a...
A HISTORY OF VINE HOUSE, LEDBURY
Friday 16 May, 7.30pm. Burgage Hall, Ledbury A talk by Wendy Hill for Ledbury Civic Society on the History of Vine House and the Development of New Street. Vine House, very close to the historical heart of Ledbury, was built in the 1750s. When Wendy and Bernard Hill...
A GUIDED WALK AT SNODHILL CASTLE
Friday 16 May, 10.30am - 3.00pm. Snodhill Castle Discover Snodhill Castle's historic lands on a guided walk with a local historian. Uncover the rich stories of this remarkable estate. Join us on a captivating 7-mile circular guided walk through the ancient lands of...
SNODHILL CASTLE – SHARE THE DISCOVERY
Friday 16 May, tours at 11am & 2pm. Snodhill Castle Join Garry Crook, castleologist & Chair of the Snodhill Castle Preservation Trust for a tour of the castle and its fortified site. Snodhill Castle is the hidden gem of Norman Marcher castles, forgotten &...
BELGIAN REFUGEES IN HEREFORDSHIRE
Friday 16 May, 7.00pm. St. Bartholomew’s Church, Much Marcle Jennifer Harrison will be talking about ‘ Belgian refugees – the Herefordshire Connection’. Few people know about the Belgian refugees who fled from the World War 1 German Schlieffen Plan, a swift flanking...
BUILT ENVIRONMENT AWARDS SCHEME
Friday 16 May 2025 2.30 - 4.00pm.Assembly Room, Town Hall, St Owen Street, Hereford, HR1 2PJ Village Hall Launch event with talks in the Town Hall of the Built Environment Awards Scheme from the Hereford Civic Society and Herefordshire Council. All welcome. Admission...
LANDSCAPE & LAND USE: LAYERS OF HISTORY
Friday 16 May 2025 10.30am, Herefordshire Archives & Records Centre Join David Lovelace of the Woolhope Club to find out how layers of history can be revealed by geo-referencing maps and aerial photographs. David will use local examples from across the county to...
TALK BY JESSE NORMAN MP
Friday 16th May, 7.30pm. Kindle Centre Hereford City of Ideas: culture, capability and innovation in the 21st century Kindle Centre, (behind ASDA), Hereford, HR2 7JE
SATURDAY 17 MAY
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SUNDAY 18 MAY
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VISIT to YARPOLE ST LEONARD’S BELLTOWER
10th to 18th May 2025 – Visit to Yarpole with a pre-ordered afternoon tea at the Gallery Café on Weds 14 May. St Leonard’s Management, Yarpole invites you to our beautiful Bell Tower and Trailblazing 14th century church that was the first reordered church which hosts an award winning Gallery Café, Village Shop and Post Office.
WEOBLEY MUSEUM – EXTENDED OPENING DURING FESTIVAL
Saturday 10 May, Sunday 11 May, Friday 17 May 2025 10.00am – 2.00pm, Weobley Museum, Back Lane, Weobley. HR4 8SA. The museum is open to the public on Monday mornings 10-1pm and Thursday afternoons 2-5pm between April and September inclusive. During Hereford Histories Festival the museum will also be open 10-2 on 10,11 and 16th May.
DISCOVER MOCCAS: CHURCH, ORGAN and WATER PUMP
Saturday 10 May 2025 2.00 – 5.00pm, Moccas Church. Moccas Church PCC, in collaboration with the Woolhope Club, is putting on an afternoon of illustrated talks and organ demo : David Whitehead on the history of Moccas Church and its newly restored organ and waterpump, Francis Chester-Master on the Moccas stained glass, Anthea Chester-Master on the Knox family during WW1, and Lyndon Eatough Smith will demonstrate the organ and waterpump, and play Elgar and the Dambusters hymn in celebration of VE day .
EXPLORE THE WOOLHOPE CLUB’S TRANSACTIONS
10 – 17 May 2025, HARC, Rotherwas An exhibition celebrating this unique treasure chest of research about Herefordshire published since 1852. Find out more and start exploring…
TALK: VE DAY IN HEREFORD 1945
8 May 2025, Hereford a richly illustrated talk by Derek Foxton on Hereford VE Day, 1945
HISTORY OF WIGMORE
10 – 18 May 2025, Wigmore Church Presenting the history of our village church, adjacent castle and community through interpretation funded by the National Lottery.
PHOTOGRAPHY: BUILDINGS OF ROSS 1975
10 – 18 May 2025, Ross-on-Wye An exhibition of photographs of Ross buildings 50 years ago.
WELLINGTON DOVECOTE & HISTORY DISPLAY
10 – 18 May 2025, Wellington Church & Dovecote A display of village history through themed photographs in the church plus the chance to step inside the 18th century octagonal dovecote.
ROWDEN ABBEY OPEN HOUSE TOURS
10, 11, 12 May 2025, Rowden Abbey IRowden Abbey Open House Tours
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