Category: Places.

Local places with historic interest.

Places.

Over 200 years to grow old and, regretfully, 2 days to take down.

Peter Hunt

Rotten with honey fungus it had become dangerous so the time had come to remove this great and beautiful old tree. Jeoff Ludlow managed this long and complicated job for the church. It involved tree surveys, arborist survey, bat surveys, health and safety surveys, quotations and more. Harry Trigg and his team at Wye and… Continue reading Over 200 years to grow old and, regretfully, 2 days to take down.

Places.

William Gilpin. Observations of the River Wye.

Peter Hunt

Written in 1770 “Observations on the River Wye and Several Parts of South Wales, etc Relative Chiefly to Picturesque”,  to give it it’s full title, was the first travel book and one of many by William Gilpin, author, artist, travel writer, Master in Arts Oxford, clergyman and headmaster of Cheam School for Boys. Although first… Continue reading William Gilpin. Observations of the River Wye.

Places.

Halifax bomber crash at Welsh Bicknor.

Peter Hunt

For all those who enjoyed the two talks by Dave Scaysbrook earlier this year at Goodrich and the subsequent walk / talk organised by the Garway History group, I hope you find this interesting. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13017667-100-forum-how-did-blumlein-die-barry-fox-retraces-the-last-moments-of-an-inventors-life/  

Places.

Romans in South West Herefordshire.

Peter Hunt

The Romans in S.W. Herefordshire. Author Paul Stratford.   Time line. AD 43  Plautius invades Britain and establishes a Governorship   52 – 57 Gallus holds back the ‘Welsh’   57 – 61 Paulinus destroys Druids in Anglesey   74 – 78 Frantinus is Governor and conquers Silures in Wales   78 – 84 Agricola… Continue reading Romans in South West Herefordshire.

Industry, People., Places.

An introduction to “A Slice of Life 2020”.

Peter Hunt

In common with other W I groups in 1965, Whitchurch Women’s Institute compiled a scrap book as part of their local jubilee celebrations. Whereas the 1965 version just focused just on the lifestyles and a material record of things as they were then, it was intended to be entirely local.  No comparison with the previous… Continue reading An introduction to “A Slice of Life 2020”.