Places to see in ( Hereford - UK )
Places to see in ( Hereford - UK )
Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately 16 miles east of the border with Wales, 24 miles southwest of Worcester, and 23 miles northwest of Gloucester.
The name Hereford is said to come from the Anglo-Saxon here, an army or formation of soldiers, and the ford, a place for crossing a river. If this is the origin it suggests that Hereford was a place where a body of armed men forded or crossed the Wye. The Welsh name for Hereford is Henffordd, meaning old road, and probably refers to the Roman road and Roman settlement at nearby Stretton Sugwas. Much of the county of Herefordshire was Welsh-speaking, as reflected in the Welsh names of many places in the county (see History of Herefordshire).
An early town charter from 1189 granted by Richard I of England describes it as Hereford in Wales. Hereford has been recognised as a city since time immemorial, with the status being reconfirmed as recently as October 2000.
Hereford is served by a 4-platform railway station on the Welsh Marches Line which opened in 1854. Services regularly connect to Worcester, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Cardiff and other settlements in Wales. The station is currently operated by Arriva Trains Wales. A second station, Hereford Barton, was closed and later redeveloped. A new station is proposed for construction in the government-designated Enterprise zone in Rotherwas, south of the River Wye.
Alot to see in ( Hereford - UK ) such as :
Berrington Hall
The Old House, Hereford
Brockhampton Estate
Croft Castle
Goodrich Castle
Hampton Court, Herefordshire
Hereford Cathedral
Hereford Museum and Art Gallery
Hellens
Wilton Castle
Herefordshire Trail
Hergest Ridge
May Hill
Forest of Dean
Skenfrith Castle
National Trust - The Kymin
The Weir Garden
The Kymin
Herefordshire Beacon
Newbridge Farm Park
Longtown Castle
Cider Museum Hereford
Small Breeds Farm Park and Owl Centre
Hergest Croft Gardens
The Waterworks Museum - Hereford
Castle Cliffe East
Wigmore Castle
Arthur's Stone, Herefordshire
Ralph Court Gardens
Midsummer Hill
Leominster Museum
Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
Westonbury Mill Water Gardens
Hilston Park
Highbury Wood
Shipley Gardens
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Edward Ball Art Show Hereford Museum
2010 Show at Hereford Art Museum
Theology and Threshold: The Hereford Screen at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London
In 1851, A. W. N. Pugin published an influential treatise on rood screens, intending in his irrepressible polemical style to create further Gothic Revival momentum for inserting these iconographically complex and liturgically vital elements into Roman Catholic and Anglican churches throughout Britain and its empire. In the decades that followed, debates regarding ritual, aesthetics, materials, and Eucharistic theology surrounded the design, presence, and indeed absence of these screens.
This short film explores the screens’ meanings and histories in situ, charts shifts in theology and style as each architect offered innovative views through delicate latticework of stone, paint, and wood towards the Christian sacred epicentre of the Incarnation and the sacrifice of the Eucharist.
Presented by Ayla Lepine
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery England UK
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England.
Places to see in ( Rhayader - UK )
Places to see in ( Rhayader - UK )
Rhayader is a market town and community in Powys, Wales. Rhayader is the first town on the banks of the River Wye, 20 miles from its source on the Plynlimon range of the Cambrian Mountains. The town is one of the principal centres of population in the historic county of Radnorshire.
Rhayader is situated roughly midway between North and south Wales on the A470, 13 miles north of Builth Wells and 30 miles east of Aberystwyth on the A44 - two of Wales' most important trunk roads. The B4574 mountain road to Aberystwyth is described by the AA as one of the ten most scenic drives in the world. The name Rhayader is a partly-Englished form of its Welsh name Y Rhaeadr (the waterfall), or more fully, Rhaeadr Gwy (waterfall [on the] Wye). Strictly speaking, according to place-name spelling conventions in Welsh, the name of the town would be 'Rhaeadr-gwy', and the waterfall itself 'Rhaeadr Gwy', but it seems that this distinction is usually ignored.
Rhayader has always been a natural stopping point for travellers - the Romans had a stop-over camp in the Elan Valley, Monks travelled between the Abbeys of Strata Florida and Abbeycwmhir and drovers headed to the lucrative markets with their livestock. it wasn't until the 12th Century that documented history of the town began with the building of a Castle in 1177. Little remains today, with the exception of a dry moat that can be seen from Wauncapel Park.
One of the oldest buildings in Rhayader is the Old Swan, which stands on the corner of West and South Streets Rhayader. The original building was mentioned in 1676 as being one of the two inns in Rhayader at that date. Some changes were made in 1683, including the rebuilding of the three chimney stacks, and this date is carved into the old timbers inside the building.
In the 19th Century, turnpike roads were only passable on payment of extortionate tolls, imposing additional burdens on already poor communities. This led to the Rebecca Riots across South and Mid Wales from 1839–1842, with no less than six of Rhayader's tollgates being demolished with impunity by local farmers dressed as women. The actions of these 'Rebeccaites' led to a Commission of Inquiry being set up, and most of Rebecca's grievances were righted two years later.
In the 1890s the rapidly expanding city of Birmingham, 70 miles east, viewed the nearby Elan Valley as the ideal source of clean, safe water. This was to change the face of Rhayader forever, bringing thousands of workers involved in building this massive complex of dams and reservoirs to the area. A new railway was built connecting this huge area with the main network in Rhayader, and the construction of a new village to house the workers was built on the banks of the River Elan. Work started in 1894 and the scheme was officially opened in 1904 by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
The station on the Mid Wales Railway line that served the town was closed on 31 December 1962. The nearest station is now at Crossgates on the Heart of Wales Line, though connections are usually made at the more accessible Llandrindod railway station a similar distance away. An extensive bus service connects with outlying villages and neighbouring towns, with two-hourly daytime departures to Builth Wells, Llandrindod Wells, Aberystwyth and Newtown, with connections to Hereford, Shrewsbury, Cardiff and further afield.
Tourism and agriculture are the most important industries locally. Walkers and cyclists are drawn to Rhayader for the abundance of trails and bridleways surrounding the town, which is the gateway to a massive complex of reservoirs and dams (The Elan Valley). This vast area is home to some of Britain's rarest wildlife and plants, including red kites, along with magnificent feats of engineering. There are a number of hotels, bed and breakfasts and campsites to accommodate the large amount of visitors that travel to the area all year round. Rhayader is also home to a community founded art and heritage complex which includes a museum and gallery.
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Visit the Royal Acadamy of Arts in London
Right in the heart of London, nestled between Regent Street and Piccadilly Street, just behind Piccadilly's galleries and at the very end of Old Bond Street, lies The Royal Academy of Arts - a fantastic art institute, definitely worth visiting. The 350 year-old academy's mission is to promote all forms of art and for that it runs a busy program, including a summer exhibition. Visit the Academy and view its collection of prominent British artists. London offers several other museums that you must visit, most of them are free, so watch the rest of our guides to find out more about them and to plan YOUR perfect vacation!
Richard Jeffries Watts Gallery Pt 1
Long-serving and beloved Watts Gallery Curator, Richard Jefferies talks about his favourite G.F. Watts painting and the portrait of Watts adopted daughter at the Watts Gallery in Compton, Surrey
London Museum of Water & Steam - Overview
Fantastic Museum in Kew....
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Built in the 19th century to supply London with water, the museum is recognised as the most important historic site of the water supply industry in Britain.
Marvel at the world's largest collection of steam pumping engines, many of which you can see working every weekend.
See how London's water supply has evolved from Roman times to the present day.
The museum has the largest collection of Cornish engines in the world, including the world's largest working single cylinder steam engine and the only complete in-situ Bull engine.
Mappa Mundi Flat Earth Map
Flat Earth Map At Hereford Cathedral.
Compared to Schöner’s depiction of the waterway, the reconstruction above opts for a more conservative portrayal, perhaps in an attempt to credit the Romans with a little higher cartographic aptitude, but in referencing maps that are direct derivatives of Agrippa’s map it seems that Schöner’s map may indeed be the more accurate depiction. One such map is the Hereford Mappa Mundi (Fig. 14).
Fig. 14
Figure 14 – The Hereford Mappa Mundi (left), perhaps the most renowned of the mappae mundi, alongside a stripped down reproduction. Like the reconstruction of Agrippa’s map it incorporates the mysterious landlocked waterway spanning the width of Africa (highlighted in red on the right-side image). Also of note is the lateral mountain range paralleling the waterway to the north. Signature features distinguishing the map from Roman and Greek maps are the city of Jerusalem positioned at the map’s center and the Garden of Eden rendered as a circular island in the east.
The Hereford map is preserved in England’s Hereford Cathedral and is a medieval map whose origin dates back to circa 1290 A.D. Like Agrippa’s map it is a rather large map intended for public display, measuring approximately 62” tall by 52” wide with the inclusion of its decorative pentagonal border. The map itself is a circular rendering similar to ancient Greek design, but employs the cartographic practice of orienting east toward its top. European cartography does add its own unique stamp on the circular map design with elements reflecting a Medieval Europe that had transitioned into a Christian society. Taking its cue from Greek map design and its concept of cartographic centricity, the Hereford and other mappae mundi adopted a Christocentric design, locating the holy city of Jerusalem at the map’s center. This radical design decision countered the practice of Greco-centricity with the preferred adherence to a literal translation of Ezekiel 5:5, “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.”
Along with the requisite place names, the map is littered with inscriptions of varying lengths providing detailed information particular to the regions in which they are inscribed and while the majority of these inscriptions appear sourced from pagan authors exposing the map’s Roman influence, at least twenty inscriptions are included on the map that further reflect Europe’s Christian influence. This influence extends to the map’s inclusion of a representation of the Garden of Eden at the top of the map as well as an image of Jesus being attended to by angels that adorns the upper portion of the map’s pentagonal border. The map also exaggerates the size of Palestine allowing space for further Christian detailing such as an image of the walled city of Jerusalem with Christ’s crucifixion drawn just above it.
The faded and discolored appearance of the map belies its original beauty. The original detailing was certainly very stunning with the surrounding ocean and seas colored green, red coloring applied to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf and the numerous inland lakes and waterways scattered about the map are differentiated with a deep blue coloring. And most importantly we find one of these blue colored waterways cutting a wide arc across the continent of Africa, which, like Schöner’s map, is terminated at both ends by large lakes. Like the reconstruction of Agrippa’s map, this rendering of an Upper Nile is conspicuous in that it is the only body of water configured in this manner, yet the Hereford map’s rendering is much more imposing, mirroring the same grand presence as depicted on Schöner’s map. Also mirroring Schöner’s map is a mountain range paralleling the waterway on its northern side with the slight difference of Schöner’s mountain range rendered as one continuous length that extends well beyond the water feature in the east while the Hereford mountain range is composed of two lengths with its eastern extremity terminating near the eastern end of the waterway.
Providing a link between the Hereford and Schöner maps is another globe constructed around the same time as Schöner’s 1515 globe: the Green Globe. The Green Globe (Fig. 15), also known as the Quirini globe, bases its rendering of the southern continent on the same conceptual design as Schöner’s. Of note is that its rendering of the lateral waterway maintains a tighter undulation and is a near arc that matches more closely the Hereford version.
A sheep that has been nicknamed 'The Phantom' by its owner.
A sheep that has been nicknamed 'The Phantom' by its owner, sheep farmer Paul Phillips, from Kimbolton, Herefordshire. The animal was born in february and is a dead ringer of the Phantom of the Opera, that was played by legendary actor Michael Crawford.
Victoria &Albert Museum visit 2 HEREFORD SCREEN AND METALWORK
The great choir screen made for Hereford Cathedral is one of the monuments of High Victorian art and a masterpiece in the Gothic Revival style. It was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, a leading Victorian architect, and made by the Coventry metalworking firm of Francis Skidmore.
A choir screen was essential to a medieval cathedral, as the barrier that separated nave from chancel, congregation from clergy. By the 19th century, most had been removed. Scott began to reinstate this medieval feature. He was noted especially for building new churches, but began to restore old churches in the 1860s. He aimed to reintroduce a sense of architectural and spatial cohesion, boldly adding modern work to achieve this.
Places to see in ( Chichester - UK )
Places to see in ( Chichester - UK )
Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, in South-East England. Chichester is the only city in West Sussex and is its county town. Chichester has a long history as a settlement from Roman times and was important in Anglo-Saxon times.
Chichester is the seat of a bishopric, with a 12th-century cathedral, and is home to some of the oldest churches and buildings in Great Britain. Chichester has three tiers of local government. Chichester is a transport hub, and a centre for culture in the county, with a theatre, museum and art galleries. Chichester Harbour and the South Downs provide opportunities for outdoor pursuits.
The City of Chichester is located on the River Lavant south of its gap through the South Downs. This winterbourne for part of its course now runs through the city in underground culverts. Chichester has an Oceanic climate. With its position in southern England, Chichester has mild winters and cool summers. It has high sunshine levels compared to other parts of the UK with around 1900 hours annually.
Chichester is the hub of several main roads. The most important of these is the A27 coastal trunk road (connecting Eastbourne with Southampton) which passes to the south of the city. Chichester railway station, on the West Coastway Line, has regular services to Brighton, London Victoria via Gatwick Airport, Portsmouth and Southampton. There are also many bus services, with Chichester bus station, adjacent to the railway station, acting as a local hub. Chichester Airport is north of the city.
Alot to see in ( Chichester - UK ) such as :
Fishbourne Roman Palace
The Novium
Weald and Downland Living Museum
Goodwood House
Pallant House Gallery
South Downs Planetarium & Science Centre
Goodwood Racecourse
Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve
Chichester Cathedral
West Dean College
Chichester Cross
Priory Park, Chichester
Bishop's Palace Garden
Oxmarket Centre of Arts
Chichester Guildhall
Portfield Roundabout
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 at M Shed
See a selection of the award-winning images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 competition.
The exhibition is on at M Shed until 5 March 2017. Buy tickets at bristolmuseums.org.uk
Albertopolis: Victoria and Albert Museum
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Welcome to 'Albertopolis: Victoria and Albert Museum'
Through 'Albertopolis: Victoria and Albert Museum' you will see how the buildings of this museum have developed, from the museum's origins as the South Kensington Museum up to the present day.
Take a tour of the rest of the Albertopolis online exhibition, from the Royal Institute of British Architects, on architecture.com
Metalwork collection, Steel Cutlery, Sheffield museums part 2, Millennium Gallery
Metalwork
Sheffield is known throughout the world foremost for its association with steel and cutlery: in the 1800s primarily for its pioneer steelmakers and innovation, and more recently for processing and finishing. While Sheffield's worldwide renown as a producer may have been eclipsed during the 1900s, its metalwork trades continued and flourish. Museums Sheffield is custodian of a collection of finished metalwork, awarded Designated Status in 1999 in recognition of its outstanding national and historical significance.
The collection is made up of some 13,000 items including what is probably the most extensive grouping of Sheffield-made cutlery, flatware (forks and spoons) and holloware (eg bowls, teapots, containers) in existence. It represents the light metals trades of Sheffield's long manufacturing and craft history. Most importantly the collections reflect the stories of generations of families who worked in the city and whose labour and skill contributed to its enormous success.
The collection mostly comprises items for domestic use, such as cutlery and tableware. This includes table knives and flatware, and material for the export trade such as Bowie knives in common use during the expansion of the American west. The collection also includes domestic equipment such as razors and scissors as well as material related to the cutlery trades such as horn, pearl and ivory knife handles. In addition it contains comparative items drawn from the cultures of Europe, Africa and Asia and range from flint knives dating from 2500BC to high quality silverware and stainless steel made today.
The collection of holloware is an intrinsic part of the Designated Metalwork Collection. It includes small collections of silver and electroplate, but most importantly two significant collections of Britannia metal and Old Sheffield Plate. These two metals, developed in Sheffield from the mid 1700s, include items made for the home such as teapots, candlesticks, tankards and snuff boxes, manufactured by well known local firms.
Using state-of-the-art fast 3D scanning technologies, our partners at Sheffield Hallam University have captured 3D images of some of the objects shown here. Objects which aren't normally displayed, or are too delicate for handling, can now be experienced virtually from anywhere in the world. This pioneering project celebrates Sheffield's unique place in the world history of metal-making.
You can search the collection online here, or visit the permanent exhibition at the Millennium Gallery - click here for details. Please note that whilst the permanent exhibition frequently rotates items from the Metalwork Collection, it is not possible to display all of the collection at any one time.
The 3D models are subject to a Creative Commons open license. This means they can be downloaded for academic and research purposes, providing copyright is attributed to Museums Sheffield. For commercial enquiries please contact: decorative@museums-sheffield.org.uk
This project was funded under JISC Rapid Digitisation programme.
museums-sheffield.org.uk/museums/millennium-gallery/exhibitions/current/metalwork-collection
Museums Sheffield's Metalwork Collection is one of the finest in the world. It contains the cutlery, flatware, tableware that have made Sheffield famous, as well as beautiful objects collected from every continent.
Comprising over 13,000 pieces, the Metalwork Collection pays tribute to the skill and craftsmanship of past British metalworkers as well as highlighting the most contemporary cutting edge designs by new and emerging talents. It was amassed as a reference collection; showcasing examples of excellent design and high quality craftsmanship from around the world to inspire the city's manufacturers, designers and makers. The collection has been awarded Designated status by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in recognition of its national and historical significance.
These displays feature highlights from the collection, exemplifying Sheffield's rich cultural and historical association with the production of metal that dates as far back as the 14th century.
Visitor favourites in the gallery include a striking 19th century Old Sheffield Plate turtle soup tureen, the Hinchliffe Collection of British silver spoons (1500s--1704), examples of classic 20th century tableware by David Mellor, and the Millennium Punchbowl and Cups, commissioned by Sheffield Assay Office to showcase the very best in contemporary metalworking talent.
For a 360 degree virtual tour of the Metalwork Collection, visit our tour app webpage
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Jacob Epstein Rock Drill Birmingham Art Gallery June 2012
A wander round Jacob Epstein's - Rock Drill at Birmingham Art Gallery.
new hereford Cattle Dog painting by Denise Rich
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Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Walk about.
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What Artists Really Do All Day - Contemporary Modern Art Volg: Episode 3 (Artwork Giveaway Time!)
What Artists Really Do All Day - Contemporary Modern Art Volg: Episode 3 (Artwork Giveaway Time!)
The Vlog 'What Artists Really Do All Day' chronicles the life of contemporary abstract artist Ed Ball in his day-to-day activity of living and being a modern creative artist! The show covers Ed painting and creating contemporary abstract art as well as his travelogue and thoughts behind is work and his ethos of life. You see the things he gets up to and the people he meets, there are art installations, journeys, interviews with other artists, designers, gallery owners, curators. As well as all sorts of interesting people Ed bumps into on a day to day basis in the city of Hereford he lives in, and the creative world he works within.
About Vlog Episode 3:
This episode Ed talks about his week, his artwork and why the composition on a piece of artwork does not work. He talks about preparing and painting techniques for his very large art commission for the charity based Canwood Gallery and the logistics that are involved. It is also Artwork giveaway time! Ed is giving away a piece of his work with a gallery value of £300 to a person that subscribes to the channel, likes the video and comments! At 14 subscribers, Ed is Chasing down Casey Neistat’s six million subscribers! :)
Things Mentioned in episode two:
Painting techniques in Modern Contemporary art
Why sometimes composition does not work
Talking to art collectors
Imitate modern london base gallery
Artwork giveaway price
Canwood Gallery commission for charity
Artwork in London
Things future episodes will cover:
How a contemporary artist lives
How a contemporary artist works
Day to day artist tasks
Being a successful artist
Behind the scenes of an artist
Abstract artist theory
Modern art technique
Collecting artwork
About the artist Edward Ball:
I’m a contemporary abstract artist that produces paintings by abstracting from music and sound. I also produce work in the form of sculpture and sound. I work closely with private collectors, galleries, architects, interior architects and interior designers to produce powerful work and site-specific painting, sculpture and installations. I love the challenge of diverse artistic disciplines, and I have a passion for bringing them together to produce pieces of work that make powerful statements.
My concept is a very uncomplicated one, I paint the music! That is it! I achieve this in a very primordial way, letting movement and natural instinct take over the process. This gives me the ability to express myself in a multitude of different ways. All I want to do is bring music, paint and colour together cohesively, and just connect with people on that primitive emotional level, drawing people in with rhythm, movement and vibrancy!
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Exhibition at Herefordshire Archive and Research Centre
On 12 November 2019, an exhibition that I had curated was opened to the public. Titled 'Utterly undone and plundered of all his poor goods': law and disorder in mid-seventeenth century Hereford', the exhibition was done as part of the nationwide 'Explore your Archives' campaign ( intended to showcase some of the fabulous original source material held at Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre ( The exhibition was completed by me as part of a three month placement funded by Midlands3Cities, the body who is funding my PhD ( It will last until 14 February 2020.
The images of Robert and Brilliana Harley were very kindly loaned to the exhibition by Mr Edward Harley. Other portraiture images used in the exhibition belong to the Fairclough Collection, held at David Wilson Library at the University of Leicester ( The drawn landscape images belong to the Centre for English Local History at the University of Leicester ( The website on the computer at the end of the exhibition that is visible, and where I'm bringing up a source as I tap on the touchscreen is the Civil War Petitions site: - there are many petitions here from Herefordshire and elsewhere. Petitioning to the authorities was a common method of obtaining help/redress/sorting out a situation and many ex-soldiers or the families of these men would petition the authorities for assistance if they were struggling.
The artist who made the three framed 'reconstruction' photographs of the gates of Hereford, the ones which lean out from the wall, were kindly loaned to the exhibition, by Jason Hodges. A better image of his pictures, and more information on his work, can be found at: