The Herefordshire Kembles: birth of a theatrical dynasty
Stuart Currie turns the limelight on the early years of a remarkable family of thespians took a strolling theatre around Herefordshire and the Marches in the mid-18th century.
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Saturday Spotlight Talk: Cider or wine? How fine cider took England by storm in the 17th and 18th century
Join the director of Hereford's famous Cider Museum, Elizabeth Pimblett, as she explores the history of the county's liquid gold from pip to pint during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Twinkle Pips (SEN)
Come and join us for a SEN Twinkle Pips session. A relaxed, sensory experience for you and your adult.
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Meet the Vikings!
Unleash your inner Viking in this action-packed day of hands-on family fun.
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Religious Diversity in the 19th Century Herefordshire: The Religious Census of 1851
Dr Jane Adams discussed this fascinating snapshot of religious practice in Herefordshire in the context of national patterns and longer term trends across the nineteenth century.
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Saturday Spotlight Talk: "When Staunton was on Wye and other tall tales from the Ice Age"
The western half of Herefordshire was overrun by a glacier near the end of the last ice age around 20,000 years ago.
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The History of Wellbrook Manor in Peterchurch
John Scrimgeour takes a personal journey to the origins of this unique medieval house in the heart of the Golden Valley and tells the story of the inhabitants who preceded him there.
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Twinkle Pips (SEN)
Come and join us for a SEN Twinkle Pips session. A relaxed, sensory experience for you and your adult.
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Hereford Castle ( The Hidden History of a Defended City)
Little remains of the substantial fortification at the heart of Hereford since the 11th century. The mound that once supported a keep as substantial as York's has been entirely removed.
