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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Weobley

  

Weobley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Weobley

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Weobley history

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Early days

A detailed archaeological survey of the site of the castle in 2002, using ground-penetrating radar, gave indications of an Iron Age settlement here. A coin of Constantine the Great was found in the town in the 17th century.

Saxons

The settlement existed in Saxon times, as evidenced from its entry in the Domesday Book. In 1066, the village was owned by “Edwy the Noble’’ and had ten villagers, five smallholders, eleven slaves, one priest and two “other” It was valued at £5, and was in the Hundred of Stretford.

Church

The parish church is the oldest surviving building in Weobley. The Domesday book listed the Lord of the Manor in 1086 as Roger de Lacy. He is credited with building the forerunner of the present church early in the next century. The putative aisleless Norman church was re-built in an extended project which continued through the 13th century.

Castle

Weobley Castle is only first documented as existing during The Anarchy, when it was seized in person by King Stephen from Geoffrey Talbot in 1140. The castle ruins comprise a ring and bailey -there is no motte, and no surviving stonework. However, the Garnstone deer-park contains a large flat-topped mound that has been identified as a motte.

Mediaeval borough

Geophysical survey shows that the town existed by the 13th century. However, it never had a royal market charter which indicates that the market right was already of time immemorial in the Middle Ages. Walter II de Lacy laid out Broad Street as a borough with flanking burgage tenements on both sides. The triangular marketplace was infilled in the 14th century owing to building pressure.

Parliamentary borough

In 1628 Weobley was incorporated as a borough, sending two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons until the Reform Act 1832. The voting requirement specified that the “inhabitant householders” had the vote. In the contemporary village is “The Throne”, a large 400-year-old building – King Charles I spent the night here on 5 September 1645.

19th century

The manufacture of gloves at Weobley received a boost at the start of the 19th century during the Napoleonic Wars, because imports of fine French gloves were stopped. At this time, the town was still famous for beer (“malt liquor”, so it was not hopped), Quarries of building stone and roadstone were in the vicinity.

20th century

In 1909 the population was 703, down from 907 in 1841. The cattle fair on 8 May was defunct (the funfair continued) and the nail manufacturer had gone. At a time when motor buses were already running in Hereford (the first was in 1908), the public cart was still clopping on the round trip to Hereford twice a week. Garnstone Castle by John Nash was demolished in 1959.

21st century

In 2001 artist Walenty Pytel completed a metal sculpture of a magpie called Magnus for the village. The sculpture was commissioned after the village won the Calor Gas/Daily Telegraph Great Britain Village of the Year in 1999. In 2015 one of Weobley’s three ancient inns, the Red Lion, closed down and became an Indian restaurant.

You can visit Weobley places with Walkfo Weobley to hear history at Weobley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Weobley has 7 places to visit in our interactive Weobley map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Weobley, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Weobley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Weobley & the surrounding areas.

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7 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Weobley places to visit

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Weobley has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Weobley’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Weobley’s information audio spots:

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