OUR HERITAGE, SHAPING LEDBURY’S FUTURE

PROTECTING OUR HERITAGE, SHAPING THE FUTURE

28 NOVEMBER 2025 – MEETING

  

 STEPHEN BALLARD AND THE HEREFORDSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE CANAL.

By Ralph Barber

Stephen Ballard: a remarkable man. This presentation on his life will focus on the early years around the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust, with stories of his life, studying botany, working a gardener, then a builder, then becoming clerk of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal. He did not stop learning as he travelled developing his knowledge that he brought back to Herefordshire, and we can still see the results of his work. 

 

 

 

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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