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Golden Valley Pilgrimage Way and Nearby Sites

Herefordshire in the Welsh Marches has stunningly beautiful scenery. Churches, villages, fields and even the pattern of the roads and tracks have stories to tell. Here, in these pages, you can find information on our historic sites and landscape. Our aim is to be both accurate and interesting.

We hope you enjoy reading, and visiting, these lovely sites. Please let Ruth know if you find another site to include.

Our sincere thanks to everyone who helped. We welcome additional, accurate information and relevant comments. Thank you. Contact: here.

You can, of course, visit these sites independently whenever you wish to do so. However, if you would like to book a place on one of The Golden Valley Pilgrimge Way walks, please contact the Abbey Dore Deanery website for details of routes and accommodation.

Editor: Ruth E. Richardson

Main Contributors (2022): Ruth E. Richardson, Penny Platts, Sue Hubbard

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Map of Sites

Sites on the Pilgrimage Way

City of Hereford

  • Cathedral: the Virgin Mary & St. Ethelbert

  • The Bishop's Palace

  • All Saints' Church

  • St. Peter's Church

  • The Old Wye Bridge

Offa's Dyke

Eaton Bishop

  • Church: St. Michael

Longtown

  • Longtown Castle

  • The Crown

The Holy Thorn or Glastonbury Thorn

Clodock

  • St. Clydog's / Clydawg's Well

  • Church: St. Clodock / Clydawg / Clydog

  • Cornewall Arms

Madley

  • Church: Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary

  • John Gildon / Guldo tomb

  • Methodist Chapel

  • Red Lion

Walterstone

  • Church: St. Mary

  • Walterstone motte-&–bailey, Norman Castle

Canonbridge

Twyn y Gaer Iron Age Hillfort

Tyberton

  • Church: St. Mary

Llancillo

  • Church: St. Peter / originally St. Tysilio

  • Church: St. Peter

Moccas

  • Church: St. Michael & All Angels

  • Moccas Court

  • Moccas Deer Park

  • Sir Velters Cornewall

Rowlestone

  • Church: St. Peter

Bredwardine

  • Church: St. Andrew

  • Arthur's Stone ‐ Neolithic Burial Chamber, built c.3,700 BC

Pontrilas

Dorstone

  • Church: St. Faith / Foi

  • Village Hall

  • The Pandy Inn

Dulas

Peterchurch

  • St. Peter's Wells

  • The Golden Valley Railway

  • Church: St. Peter

  • 1852 Almshouses in Church Road

  • Nag's Head

Ewyas Harold

  • Ewyas Harold Castle

  • Church: St. Michael & All Angels

  • Ewyas Harold Common

  • St. Martin's Well

  • Temple Bar

  • The Dog

  • St. Michael's Hall

Michaelchurch Escley

  • Church: St. Michael

  • Bridge Inn

Abbeydore

  • Church: St. Mary / Dore Abbey

Craswall

  • Church: St. Mary

  • Craswall Priory, Grandmontine

  • Bull's Head

Kingstone

  • Church: St. Michael & All Angels

  • Bull Ring

  • Arkstone Court

Llanveynoe / Llanfeuno

  • St. Beuno

  • Cae Thomas' Well

  • Church: St. Peter / originally St. Beuno

Clehonger

  • Church: All Saints

Historical Information

Place–Names & Field–Names

  • Field Names Archaeological Indicators

Compline

Footpaths, Roads & Tracks

Holy Wells & Springs

Hedge Dating

  • Method

  • Note

  • Analysis

  • Old Hedges

  • References for Hedges include

Reference Books

Other Nearby Places to Visit

Bacton Church: St.Faith (like Dorstone)

Kilpeck Church: St. Mary & St. David

Garway

  • Church: St. Michael

  • The Knights Templars

  • The Knights Hospitaller

St. Margaret's Church

Allensmore

  • Church: St. Andrew (the Apostle)

St. Devereux

  • Church: St. Dubricius / Dyfrig

Patricio / Partrishow Church

  • Ffynon St. Issui / St. Isho's Holy Well

Wormbridge

  • Church: St Peter

Llanthony Priory

Cwmyoy Church

  • Gallery
  • Blanche Parry & Queen Elizabeth I book with superb pictures
  • Blanche’s Biography
    • Biography
    • Book Launch
    • Press Reviews
  • Additional Research
    • Epitaph
    • Further Evidence
    • Papers
  • Bacton Altar Cloth
  • Queen Elizabeth I
  • Lady Troy - Queen Elizabeth I’s Lady Mistress
  • Bacton Church Guide
  • Dore Archive
    • People & Places
    • Interactive Guide
    • Guide Notes for Dore Abbey
    • Dore Articles
  • Talks & Articles
    • Ruth’s Talks
    • Ruth’s Book Reviews
    • Tracing Welsh Ancestors
    • Icomb & Lady Troy
    • Plagues & Us
  • Ruth’s Research
    • Field-Names
    • ‘Iron Age Hillforts and Roman Sites in Herefordshire’
    • ‘Medieval Plays - The Early History of Drama’
    • ‘Herefordshire Past and Present - An Aerial View’
      by Ruth E. Richardson & Chris Musson
    • ‘A Definitive History of Dore Abbey’
      edited by Ron Shoesmith & Ruth E. Richardson
    • Who Killed Richard III?
    • Looking at Landscape & its Archaeology
  • Ruth Out & About - past & present
  • Places To Visit
    • Golden Valley Pilgrimage Way
    • Area Locations
    • Bacton Church
    • Dore Abbey
    • Kilpeck Church
    • Twyn y Gaer Hillfort
    • Walterstone Church
  • Rev. Dennis Monger
    • A biography of Reverend Monger's life
    • Pictures of Reverend Monger
    • Extract of an address given by Reverend Monger in 2008
  • Links
  • Contact
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