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...
   The Herefordshire pomona. By Bill Laws The Herefordshire Pomona is a remarkable book. Launched in the late nineteenth century as no more than a collection of ‘coloured figures and descriptions of the most esteemed kinds of Apples and Pears,’ it is widely...
   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,...
  LEOMINSTER PRIORY. By Rob Walker The original church, founded at Leominster in 660AD, was a Celtic church, a seed planted by a missionary from Lindisfarne, St. Edfrith, whose religious heritage lay far to the west on the island of Iona. It was the first great...
 LADY ELGAR. By Wendy Hill For this 2026 CHRIS JOHNSON MEMORIAL TALK, Wendy will speak about Caroline Alice, Lady Elgar (nee Roberts, 1848-1920). She was an English author of verse and prose fiction, who married the composer Edward Elgar. ...
