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www.herefordshirelore.org.uk Herefordshire Lore collects, publishes and archives people’s recollections. Living local history for Herefordshire people.

We have been publishing In Our Age magazine, quarterly, since 1989.

27/10/2026

Hereford River City Project - Calling All Volunteers

Herefordshire Lore are looking for people from Herefordshire and surrounding areas to help with research into Hereford City’s brooks, leats, motes, wells, sewers and canals as well as activities including milling, malting, textiles, tanning, public health, fishing and childhood games.

We have an event on Friday October 30th between 10am – 12pm
at Herefordshire Archives and Records Centre (HARC), Fir Tree Lane, Rotherwas (on the Southern outskirts of Hereford), Hereford HR2 6LA

Let us know if you would like to find out more by messaging, emailing [email protected] or calling us on 07989 733870

09/10/2026

Herefordshire History Herefordshire Wildlife TrustHerefordshire LibrariesHerefordshire Museums & Galleries

We are updating our website - thanks to funding from the Herefordshire Community Foundation. We will be featuring more voices/audio from our archive. Have a listen to this, a transcript from our vast body of work, voiced by one of our team: https://www.herefordshirelore.org.uk/projects/weeping-poppies/the-conscientious-objector/

09/10/2026

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16/09/2026

A reader from Ross recently recalled Padre William Schillinger attending the Methodist church prior to the DDay landings in France in 1944. Schillinger was part of the 51st US Army, based in tents, awaiting embarkation. ‘I often wondered if he survived?’
The reader also recalled mules used for transportation. This may have come from the Indian Army unit based at Wormelow, also awaiting DDay. (Image from Med-dept.com)

15/09/2026

Another chapter in the story of Rotherwas’ historic chapel

14/09/2026

Pop along and let us know what you think!

11/09/2026

WHY WAS THIS ICONIC MARKET HALL MOVED?

Grange Court, Leominster’s former market hall adorned with elaborate carvings and inscriptions etched in gold, was a 17th century status symbol.

For four centuries the town’s overlords were the Prior of Leominster and his superior, the Abbot of Reading. By 1633, a century after the dissolution of the monasteries, the town had found its feet as a self-governing Borough with a Royal Charter, a thriving market and a stake in the international wool trade.

Local architect-craftsman John Abel was commissioned to build a fancy new market hall from green oak as an expression of civic pride, something that would turn the heads of visitors.

Abel became famous. He played a major role in the restoration of Dore Abbey and later gained the title of ‘The King’s Carpenter’ from Charles I for vital work he did for the Royalists in the besieged city of Hereford during the English Civil War.

In Leominster his market masterpiece took on extra functions as a town hall and courthouse. Why did the Victorians dismantle it and how did the building gain a new lease of life?

To get answers to these questions and to find more about Leominster's rich history dating from 660AD join Leominster Heritage Guides 90 minute tour. Saturdays 11am or Wednesdays 2pm, from Leominster Information Centre, Corn Square. Tickets £5 in advance or on the day. Until the end of October 2026.

Photographs by Christopher Preece

04/06/2026

Last chance to check out the entries for the Young Historian Award, on display at Hereford Library in the Town Hall. They’ll come down next week so pop by and see what wonderful histories these ten- and eleven-year olds come up with!

30/05/2026

Pick up a copy of In Our Age while you’re there!

Our next talk is on the 10th June in the Brewery Room at The Barrels at 7:30pm. It will be given by journalist and author Marsha O'Mahoney. We'd love to see you there.

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Herefordshire Lore, C/o Castle Green Pavilion, Castle Green
Hereford
HR12NW

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http://www.herefordshirelore.org.uk/

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