OUR HERITAGE, SHAPING LEDBURY’S FUTURE

PROTECTING OUR HERITAGE, SHAPING THE FUTURE

28 SEPTEMBER 2025 – MEETING

     

 Herefordshire in the Dark Ages c. 400-600 A.D.

By David Whitehead

For the JOE HILLABY MEMORIAL TALK 2025, David Whitehead will shed a little light on the county’s past between 400 and 600 A.D.

In about 410 A.D. Roman Britain came to an end. Vestiges of a literate society survived in the Celtic west but in Herefordshire the evidence for any sort of human endeavour is very scarce until ‘history’ begins again in North Herefordshire in c.660 AD.

The image above shows an Anglo-Saxon burial in the Avon Valley, Worcestershire – none have been found in Herefordshire.

BURGAGE HALL MAP AND DIRECTIONS

Our Meetings

Meetings are held in Burgage Hall, usually on the last Friday of the month. They start at 7.30pm, unless otherwise stated.

We recommend arriving around 10 – 15 minutes beforehand so you have time to settle in and the meeting can start on time.

Open to members and non-members. Free for members, £5.00 for non-members. There is no need to book in advance unless otherwise stated. 

Burgage Hall is accessed from Church Lane and down the path beside Butcher Row House Museum.  Alternatively take Chapel Alley (next to the newsagents) off the High Street and enter through the double doors.

The Society organises about eight meetings each year.

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