| LOCAL HISTORY | RECREATION INDEX |
| RESOURCES | |
| DATEMAP 1040-1290 | A detailed history of this period with maps linked to pages about individual sites |
| LOCATION MAP | Historic sites categorised and shown on layered map linked to pages about individual sites |
| LOCAL HISTORY CLUBS, SOCIETIES & GROUPS | |
| BYTON, COMBE, KINSHAM and STAPLETON HISTORY GROUP | 2nd wed. bi-monthly Arkwright Hall Kinsham contact via Community Support 01544 267961 |
| EARDISLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL GROUP | Regular meetings Contact Paul Selfe 01544 388571 |
| HEREFORDSHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY | contact Mr Brian Prosser 01981 250974 |
| KINGTON HISTORY SOCIETY | 3rd fri monthly during winter Marwick Hall contact Mr John Morgans 01544 327318 or Mr P. J. Potts 01544 231518 |
| LEINTWARDINE LOCAL HISTORY GROUP | contact Mr John Williams 01547 540265 |
| LINGEN HISTORY FELLOWSHIP | contact Anne Davies 01544 267341 |
| NEW RADNOR CASTLE MOUND TRUST | volenteers work with CADW to maintain the castle
site contact James Blair 01544 350366 |
| POWYS FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY | Contact Vera Brown 01599 851043 |
| THE RADNORSHIRE SOCIETY | Website and contact details |
| THE WARDEN GUARDIAN FOUNDATION | Volenteers maintain Presteigne's castle site,
working with Powys C.C. , Radnorshire Wildlife Trust and the Countryside
Council for Wales Contact via Community Support 01544 267961 |
| THE WOOLHOPE CLUB | Based in Hereford. Full details on website |
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PORTABLE ANTIQUES SCHEME
FINDS WEBSITE |
Volentary shceme to report all kinds
of archaeological finds.
Herefordshire and Shropshire Finds Liason Officer: Peter Reavill Tel. 01584 813641 Fax 01584 813601 |
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FURTHER INFORMATION ONLINE
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An excellent and thorough site. Well worth a good look
through if you're into the Romans
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Detailed information about castles in Wales and the
Borders
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| CPAT | Clwyd-Powys Archeaology Trust site containing information on archeological sites and projects in the counties |
| Herefordshire SMR | Herefordshire Sites and Monuments Record is a large local history site with a queriable database of historic sites and finds in the county |
| Powys Digital History Project | Link to the Presteigne section |
| RCAHM WALES | Royal Commission on the Ancient
& Historical Monuments of Wales Crown Blds. Plascrug, Aberystwyth 01970 621200 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| W.H. Howse - Thurston 1949 | Radnorshire |
| R. H. George / The Orphan's Printing Press, Leominster 1914 | A History of The Herefordshire Borderland |
| S.C. Stanford - Collins 1980 | The Archaeology of the Welsh Marches |
| George Children & George Nash - Logaston 1994 | A Guide to Prehistoric Sites in Herefordshire |
| Francis Pryor - Harper Perenial 2004 / 2005 | Britain BC Britain AD |
| Alex Gibson / Cpat 1999 | Survey at the Hindwell Neolithic Enclosure |
| Alex Gibson / CBA Research Report 118 / 1999 | The Walton Basin Project : Excavation and survey in a prehistoric landscape 1993-7 |
| Herefordshire Archaeology 2003 / Paul White | Herefordshire Studies in Archaeology
2 The Arrow Valley, Herefordshire Archaeology, Landscape Change and Conservation |
| Barry Cunliffe / Book Club Associates, London 1975 | Iron Age Communities in Britain |
| John Peddie / Bramley Books 1998 | Conquest : The Roman Invasion of Britain |
| I. A. Richmond / Pelican 1955 | Pelican History of England part 1 Roman Britain |
| Barbara Yorke / Seaby 1990 | Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England |
| David Hill & Margaret Worthington - Tempus 2003 | Offa's Dyke History & Guide |
| Sir Cyril Fox 1955 | Offa's Dyke |
| Frank Noble BAR British Series 114 - 1983 | Offa's Dyke Reviewed |
| Sarah Zaluckyj - Logaston Press 2001 | Mercia - The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Central England |
| Trans. & ed. G.N. Garmondsway / Everyman 1953 | The Anglo - Saxon Chronicle |
| John Morris / Weidenfield & Nicolson 1973-89 | The Age of Arthur - A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650 |
| Micheal Wood / BBC 2005 | In search of the Dark Ages |
| David Walker / Cambridge Medieval Textbooks 1990 | Medieval Wales |
| ed. John Morris - Phillimore 1983/6 | The Doomsday book. History from
the sources series: No. 17 - Herefordshire No. 25 - Shropshire |
| Ron Shoesmith - Logaston Press 1996 | Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire |
| R. Stirling-Brown - R.S.B. 1989 | Herefordshire Castles : A list of classified sites |
| Paul Remfry - SCS Pubs. Malvern | Radnor Castle 1066 -1282 Ten Castles of Radnorshire Lordship The Mortimers of Wigmore, 1066 -1181 pt1 : Wigmore Castle Kington and Huntington Castles Brampton Bryan Castle |
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Mike Salter - Folly Publications, Folly Cottage, 151
West Malvern Rd., Malvern, Worcs.
WR14 4AY |
The Parish Churches of Herefordshire and Worcestershire
The Parish Churches of Mid Wales The Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire The Castles of Mid Wales The Parish Churches of Shropshire The Castles of Shropshire |
| Various | Transactions of the Radnorshire Society |
| Various | Transactions of the Woolhope Club |
| LOCAL AND COUNTY MUSEUMS | |
| PRESTEIGNE MUSEUM | Housed in the basement of the JUDGES LODGINGS, Broad St. Presteigne 01544 260650 |
| KINGTON MUSEUM | Market Hall, Mill Street, Kington 07974 526397 during opening times, 01544 231486 at all other times. April - September Mondays - Saturdays 10.30am - 4.00pm Sundays 2.30pm - 5.00pm |
| LEOMINSTER FOLK MUSEUM | 16 Etnam St. Leominster o1568 615186 April, May, September & October 11.00am - 4.00pm June, July & August 10.30am - 4.00pm Saturdays 10.30am - 2.00pm Closed November - March |
| LLANDRINDOD - RADNORSHIRE MUSEUM | Temple St. Llandrindod Wells 01597 824513 |
| LUDLOW MUSEUM | Castle St. Ludlow 01584 875384 MUSEUM RESOURCE CENTRE, 7 Parkway 01584 813600 |
| HEREFORD MUSEUM | Broad Street, Hereford 01432 260692 Tuesdays - Saturdays 10.00am - 5.00pm plus April - September Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays 10.00am - 4.00pm Closed Good Friday |
| SHREWSBURY MUSEUM | Barker St. Shrewsbury 01743 361196 |
| LOCAL AND COUNTY LIBRARIES | |
| PRESTEIGNE | Market Hall, Broad St. Presteigne 01544 260552 |
| KNIGHTON | West St. Knighton 01547 528778 |
| KINGTON | 64 Bridge St. Kington 01544 230427 |
| LEINTWARDINE | Community Centre, Leintwardine 01547 540459 |
| CRAVEN ARMS | School Rd. Craven Arms 01588 673455 |
| LEOMINSTER | 8, Buttercross, Leominster. (via) 01432 383290 |
| LLANDRINDOD | Cefnllys La. Llandrindod Wells 01597 826870 |
| LUDLOW | 7 Parkway 01584 813600 |
| HEREFORD | County Library Service, Shire Hall, Hereford 01432 359830 |
| SHREWSBURY | Castle Gates, Shrewsbury 01743 255350 |
| NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES | Penglais, Aberystwyth 01970 632800 |
| POWYS ARCHIVES | County Hall, Llandrindod Wells 01597 826085 |