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There has been a place of worship on the cathedral site since at least the 8th century, although no part of any building earlier than the 11th century bishop’s chapel survives.

You can’t get a chapel much older than Maesyronnen, it is considered one of the most important buildings in Wales.

Built in 1862, our church is located on the eastern slopes of the Malvern Hill, many visitors come to our cemetery to pay their respects to Sir Edward Elgar who is buried there with other members of his family.

Fine late Victorian church serving the Hereford community of Bartonsham.

The church dates from around 1300 but it is the intervention of the Spencer family of nearby Althorp that transformed the medieval building. Sir John Spencer (d1522) rebuilt the chancel and commenced the funerary chapel that lies adjacent to it. Further intervention of both church and chapel was carried out by Edward Bloor in 1840s.

St Michael's has a Norman tower crowned with a later broach spire that is a prominent landmark and much of the rest of the church is from the 13th century with the medieval glass the finest stained glass in Herefordshire, and among the best in Britain.

The priory was founded in the 12th century, but the Perpendicular features of the present church date from a 1480s rebuilding by Bishop Alcock of Worcester after he visited the priory to investigate its poor state.

The church was built in 1911-12 to the designs of the architects Pugin & Pugin.

This church has strong American associations as during the Second World War some 6,000 men and women of the 351st Heavy Bombardment Group Eight, United States Army Airforce, was stationed at the newly created Polebrook Airbase.