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Herefordshire might easily be known as the ‘hidden county’ – close to the Cotswolds, hugging the Welsh Marches, just slightly south of Shropshire and Housman’s blue-remembered hills, this rural gem is often overlooked.
With the passion of an outsider who’s ‘blown in’, looking for home, Joseph Emmett sets out to discover the history of this apple-orchard border land from the Ice Age through to the twentieth century, on a pilgrimage that takes him across the county, his dog Juno at his side. Sometimes they walk alone, and sometimes in company with Vikings, farmers, conservationists and schoolchildren, up hills and across valleys, taking in castles, churches, a cathedral, Roman ruins and Stone Age monuments along the way.
What makes a place somewhere you can call home, and how – if at all – has that changed throughout time? In this personal journey through its history, Herefordshire’s past illuminates the people, places and landscapes that continue to shape its future.
Paperback, 356 pages
Herefordshire might easily be known as the ‘hidden county’ – close to the Cotswolds, hugging the Welsh Marches, just slightly south of Shropshire and Housman’s blue-remembered hills, this rural gem is often overlooked.
With the passion of an outsider who’s ‘blown in’, looking for home, Joseph Emmett sets out to discover the history of this apple-orchard border land from the Ice Age through to the twentieth century, on a pilgrimage that takes him across the county, his dog Juno at his side. Sometimes they walk alone, and sometimes in company with Vikings, farmers, conservationists and schoolchildren, up hills and across valleys, taking in castles, churches, a cathedral, Roman ruins and Stone Age monuments along the way.
What makes a place somewhere you can call home, and how – if at all – has that changed throughout time? In this personal journey through its history, Herefordshire’s past illuminates the people, places and landscapes that continue to shape its future.
Paperback, 356 pages
