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DAY THREE
This morning we meet our Hereford Guild of Guides tour guide to explore Hereford city. There are so many links with medieval times in Hereford and our guide will bring the history of the city to life.
The tour includes a visit to St John Medieval Museum and Coningsby Hospital on the site of The Blackfriars Monastery, which was a Dominican Monastery home of crusaders of the Order of St. John. St John Medieval Museum & Coningsby Hospital was also an exserviceman’s hospital and is now within an attractive rose garden. See the stone Preaching Cross set within the garden, one of the last surviving examples of such a cross. Learn about the foundation of the Coningsby Red Coat Hospital, probably the model for The Chelsea Hospital in London. Explore the Museum, which explains the links between the Crusades, the Knights Templar and The Hospitaller Knights. You can view the 13th century chapel, which is still in use today by the Order of St John. The remains of Blackfriars monastery are directly beside the museum.
After lunch we visit Hereford Cathedral. Built on a place of worship used since Saxon times, Hereford Cathedral contains some of the finest examples of architecture from Norman times to the present day, including the 13th century Shrine of St. Thomas of Hereford, the recently restored 14th century Lady Chapel and the award-winning 20th century New Library Building.
The award-winning Mappa Mundi and Chained Library Exhibition houses the spectacular medieval map of the world and the Cathedral’s unique Chained Library, tells the stories of these national treasures through models, artefacts and changing exhibitions and displays.
There is then the option to attend evensong in the Cathedral for your final evening before heading home the following day.
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