Offa's Dyke Path

Offa's Dyke is a great frontier earthwork built by Offa, King of Mercia from 757 to 796 A.D. It gives its name to a long distance footpath, one of Britain's National Trails.

Running from Sedbury, near Chepstow, to Prestatyn through the varied and little-frequented landscapes of the Welsh Marches. In Herefordshire the path runs right through the county.

Following the English/Welsh border for 177 miles alongside the 8th Century Offa's Dyke this National Trail takes you through changing landscapes offering amazing opportunities to catch a view of our native wildlife.

For more information you can check out these websites:
http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/offas-dyke-path
http://www.offasdyke.demon.co.uk
http://www.visitwales.com/things-to-do/activities/walking-hiking/offas-dyke-path

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Hereford Cathedral

http://www.herefordcathedral.org
Hereford Cathedral

Sitting Center stage at the heart of the City of Hereford, in the English county of Herefordshire, is the Hereford Cathedral.

A Cathedral dedicated to the martyred King Ethelbert has stood on this site since Saxon times and is home to a community which has worshiped and worked together here continuously for well over 1200 years.

Also Hereford cathedral is home to the world renowned Mappa Mundi & Chained Library which is an Exhibition that is open all year round for people to come and look at.

For directions to find Hereford Cathedral click here.

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Hampton Court Castle

The estate was originally formed by the merging of the manors of Hampton Richard and Hampton Mappenor.

It was granted by Henry IV to Sir Rowland Lenthall at the time of his marriage to Margaret Fitzalan, daughter of the Earl of Arundel and a cousin of the King.

Lenthall built the original quadrangular manor house in 1427, twelve years after his knighthood at the battle of Agincourt. In 1434 he was granted a license to crenelate the house by Henry VI.

Sir Rowland was succeeded by his daughter who married the Baron of Burford and it was their grandson who sold Hampton Court to Sir Humphrey Coningsby in 1510.

Hampton Court remained in the Coningsby family, a prominent noble Herefordshire family, until the early 19th Century when the estate was purchased by Richard Arkwright, the son of the famous inventor.

Richard Arkwright's son, John, then commissioned the remodeling of the house in the 1830's and 40's, the work being designed and carried out by Charles Hanbury Tracy, later Lord Sudeley. The Arkwrights lived at Hampton Court until 1912.

To find out more about Hampton Court Castle please feel free to visit their website: http://www.hamptoncourt.org.uk

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