Herefordshire Place-Names

The Conquest Theatre 6 Tenbury Rd, Bromyard HR7 4LL, United Kingdom

A talk by  Dr David Parsons, Director of the Survey of English Place-Names, and Reader in the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. In 2026 the […]

Surviving a Hijack

The Conquest Theatre 6 Tenbury Rd, Bromyard HR7 4LL, United Kingdom

In 1986, Mike Thexton travelled to Pakistan to say goodbye to his brother, who died in the Karakoram Himalaya three years before. On the way home, his plane was hijacked […]

What and when were the Iron Age hillforts of Herefordshire?

The Conquest Theatre 6 Tenbury Rd, Bromyard HR7 4LL, United Kingdom

A talk by Dr Keith Ray – The literature on the Iron Age in Britain is replete with descriptions of the form and the excavation of hilltop or hillslope enclosures […]

Ocean Liners of the 1960S and 1970s

The Conquest Theatre 6 Tenbury Rd, Bromyard HR7 4LL, United Kingdom

A talk by Anthony Lunn.  A nostalgic return to the days when passenger ships looked like ships and passengers had cabins not staterooms. Most of the images are of ships […]

The People of the Peasants’ Revolt

The Conquest Theatre 6 Tenbury Rd, Bromyard HR7 4LL, United Kingdom

A talk by Matt Lewis – In the summer of 1381, the first well documented popular rising in England shook the political foundations of a nation. A teenage king sought […]

Curses to Claimants: a history of Tichborne family

The Conquest Theatre 6 Tenbury Rd, Bromyard HR7 4LL, United Kingdom

A talk by Will Motley. This talk will tell the history of one of the oldest English families, the Tichbornes of Hampshire, who have lived at Tichborne near Winchester since […]

Talks are held at the Conquest theatre in Bromyard unless otherwise specified – everyone is welcome; members free, guests £6.00.