Local Places - Part 3
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smallhobbitNot quite as local as the last two posts, but only about 40 to 45 minutes drive away, still relatively local, is Ross-on-Wye. We went for an afternoon a couple of weeks ago.
Although the town has been in existence for many centuries - the first written record of it is in 1016, and it is recorded in the Doomsday Book in 1086 as being a village and manor with a priest and mill - it first became noticed around 1770 with the early tourist trade, where visitors would explore the Wye Valley. These visitors included both Turner and Wordsworth.
There was a market in the town from at least 1138, when King Stephen granted a formal licence. One of the oldest remaining buildings is the sandstone Market House, built between 1650 and 1654.
By the side there are a few remaining Tudor half-timbered houses.
On the way up to the church there are the almshouses, originally founded in the fourteenth century, the brown stone building dates from 1575.
On the top of the hill (the streets in Ross are quite steep) is St Mary's Church. The church was founded by the Bishop of Hereford in the thirteenth century and the building was dedicated in 1316.
There is a graveyard next to the church, with a stone gateway leading into it.
For centuries, Ross-on-Wye was simply known as Ross, but about 100 years ago the river was added to the town name make it clear which Ross was meant.
Although the town has been in existence for many centuries - the first written record of it is in 1016, and it is recorded in the Doomsday Book in 1086 as being a village and manor with a priest and mill - it first became noticed around 1770 with the early tourist trade, where visitors would explore the Wye Valley. These visitors included both Turner and Wordsworth.
There was a market in the town from at least 1138, when King Stephen granted a formal licence. One of the oldest remaining buildings is the sandstone Market House, built between 1650 and 1654.
By the side there are a few remaining Tudor half-timbered houses.
On the way up to the church there are the almshouses, originally founded in the fourteenth century, the brown stone building dates from 1575.
On the top of the hill (the streets in Ross are quite steep) is St Mary's Church. The church was founded by the Bishop of Hereford in the thirteenth century and the building was dedicated in 1316.
There is a graveyard next to the church, with a stone gateway leading into it.
For centuries, Ross-on-Wye was simply known as Ross, but about 100 years ago the river was added to the town name make it clear which Ross was meant.
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