Counties of the UK: Herefordshire

  

This is the next instalment of my monthly feature going through the Counties of the UK in alphabetical order to check out things of interest.  I hope you enjoy it

Location – Borders Wales – part of the Marches

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County seat – Hereford

Unusual town name – Booby Dingle

Signature foods – Hereford beef, Cider

Famous places to visit – Forest of Dean, Ledbury Market, Goodrich Castle (ruined by the Roundheads), Grange Hall (Leominster), Hay-on-Wye (lots of bookshops)

Famous people from Herefordshire – John Masefield (poet – I must go down to the seas again), Frank Oz (voice of Miss Piggy & Yoda)

Go to this Pinboard to see the Counties of the UK