Symonds Yat: 200 Years of Tourism on the Wye’ (1770-1970) Monday 12th August - Friday 18th October. This exhibition will be held at Hereford Archive & Record centre, Fir Tree Lane, Rotherwas, Nr. Hereford This exhibition was transferred to Hereford Archive & Records Centre, Fir Tree Lane, Rotherwas from 12th August – late October and is… Continue reading Tourism on the Wye exhibition.
Category: Places.
Local places with historic interest.
Not Whitchurch this time but Lydbrook.
Make sure that you have got a bit of time to spare before exploring this site about Lydbrook. I found this because I have a particular interest in Stowfield Cable Works near Lower Lydbrook and one thing leads to another. https://www.sungreen.co.uk/Lydbrook/Wartime_memories_of_Lydbrook.html
From Grace’s guide again.
Graces guide. South Garage Whitchurch. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1953_Who%27s and again. New Weir Forge. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Special:Search?search=Whitchurch+herefordshire&fulltext=
Trades in Birmingham 1835.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Whitchurch and Ganarew Area History Society 