Leintwardine History Society

10/06/2026

The good folk at Elderwood Books (formerly Aardvark) have unearthed a limited supply of new copies of this book, originally edited by Leominster History Study Group for Leominster Historical Society. If you are interested in the subject you'd best get on over there whilst stocks last!

02/06/2026

On this day in 1638 ‘a great mounde on Mocktree Forrest’ was completed.

To learn more about what this was, and the people who laboured to make it happen, visit…

Bringing the past to life.

17/05/2026

Leintwardine History Society AGM - Wednesday 20th May 2026 at 7:30pm in the Community Centre.

A short talk by John Scrimgeour about Wellbrook Manor, a medieval house in the Golden Valley, followed by the formal business of the AGM.

If the LHS is important to you, you won't want to miss it!

17/05/2026

Thursday 21 May - A tour of the village focused on pre-Norman features as part of the Herfordshire Histories Festival.

Thursday 21 May at 11.00, about 2 hours. Meet at the History Room.

Using recent research, evidence from past excavations, physical features of the village, church and surrounding fields Terry Pearson will explain how he believes the village was used. The tour will look at some evidence of remains in the History Room, the village and at the Church. Terry will explain recent findings and summarise how he is developing his understanding of the early settlement history of the village.

Tour numbers are limited so contact Jonathan Hopkinson at [email protected] beforehand.

Thursday 21 May at 11.00, about 2 hours. Using recent research, evidence from past excavations, physical features of the village, church and surrounding fields to explain how we believe the village was used.

18/04/2026

The Society enjoyed an excellent talk by Penny Platts on the history of cider last Wednesday. In association with this our webmaster (mistress?) has produced this excellent piece on cider tithes in Leintwardine.

On Wednesday evening members enjoyed a talk by Penny Platts on the History of Cider. She referred to Leintwardine in the 1790s where recently transcribed original ledgers from that time show that t…

15/04/2026

LHS' own Nicola Kearton will be giving a talk in Aymestrey Church on 22nd May 2026 at 2pm on a subject close to her heart, and on which she has becoming an undisputed expert!

The talk is titled "Landscape, Architecture & Memory - The Art of Elizabeth Jane Woodhouse Lewis (1813-1874)". Nicola has already had well-received articles published on the subject in the Woolhope Transactions 2024 (published late 2025) and in Ludlow Heritage News (Spring 2026), published by the Ludlow Civic Society.

Put the date in your diary now!

04/04/2026

Don't miss the LHS talk for April, 'The History of Cider' with Penny Platts.

25/03/2026

Today (25th March) is New Year's Day - at least, it was until 1752. Today is in fact Lady Day, the Feast of the Annunciation, one of the four traditional "quarter days" which governed the lives of Leintwardine folk for centuries, but until the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1752 it was also New Year's Day. It was only after that change that we adopted 1st January as the start of the calendar year.

For more on the significance of Lady Day historically, and it's role in the lives of villagers past and present, visit our web page at https://leintwardinehs.wordpress.com/

01/03/2026

"I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else." ~ Oliver Cromwell*

Wednesday, 18th March 2026 at 7 for a 7:30 start.

*Thomas Carlyle 'Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches' (2nd ed., 1846)

16/02/2026

Just to confirm, in case anyone is wondering, this Wednesday's talk "A History of Money - a matter of faith" by the Revd John Daniels is going ahead, despite the various road works on the High Street.