Now I know that we have no connection with Birmingham but If you wanted to buy a pair of spurs you could have found your spur maker here, or a mangle maker for that matter. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1835_Directory_of_Birmingham#See_ Copy and paste.
Author: Peter Hunt
Retired electro mechanical service engineer. Resident in Whitchurch, Herefordshire, for 6 years.
The Three Rs.
The Three Rs.
The Ballinger Family of Symonds Yat West and Whitchurch.
The Ballinger Family of Symonds Yat West
The old Wye Rapids Hotel.
Wye Rapid's Cottages. Whye Rapid's Hotel as it was, with Gerald’s old house behind. I cannot find out when it was built or when it was replaced with the cottages. or holiday homes. Still there in 1973,
Kerne toll bridge.
Kerne bridge, erected in 1825, and now a grade 2 listed. The toll was in operation until 1948. The station closed in 1959. The gentleman in the picture is Sam Woolley. Most of us must use the bridge frequently but we seldom think about it’s history, which is one of our newer lower Wye… Continue reading Kerne toll bridge.
Just some quotes on the subject of History.
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” ― Winston S. Churchill “If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree. ” ― Michael Crichton. (Plus many variations by others.) “I was alive when the Dead… Continue reading Just some quotes on the subject of History.
Local iron ore smelting.
Iron ore has been mined and smelted in our area for thousands years, even before the Romans arrived. We know this because of the abundance of slag or cinders to be found locally. Iron ore would have initially come from from several mines on the Doward some of which are overlooking the Wye and can… Continue reading Local iron ore smelting.
Our parishioners who did not return from WW1.
The soldiers from our parish who died in WW1. All material supplied by Michael Miles.
Little Doward.
It would appear that the white park cattle have been removed from the hill fort and adjacent area where they have been for several years. Some how it will not be the same without them. It was said that these cattle were damaging parts of the hills ancient fortifications but I wonder what is going… Continue reading Little Doward.
Local Walks. (Work ongoing).
We are so lucky in having some excellent walking country in our parish particularly on the Doward Hills and beside the river Wye where there is so much natural and man made history if you know where to find it. Even in the busiest days you can get away from the more popular parts and… Continue reading Local Walks. (Work ongoing).
Whitchurch and Ganarew Area History Society 