The cathedral is still here but the castle is only represented by earthworks and part of the moat (know locally at the duck pond). Hereford is a town of Saxon origin and Romans settled a little to the west, I do not know why they did not use the town and expand it - Hereford is situated on one of the few ancient fords arcoss the river Wye.
The cathedral has the medieval Mappa Mundi and UK's largest "chained library" (https://www.themappamundi.co.uk) If you "Google" Hereford Cathedral you'll get some nice images and history.
When I worked at the museum and we began digitally cataloguing our collections, one of the first we input was our medieval coin collection. Many were minted at Hereford, but where the mint was located is not known for certain, but assumed to be in the cathedral area. You can access the catalogue and get images of the coins via this hyperlink https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/info/200172/history_lives_here/638/museums_collections_search?Id=176
By the way, Hereford is one of those English names that is not pronounced as it appears - not "Here Ford" but "heh -ri - fuhd" or "heh-ri-ford" (my dictionary does not use international phonetic symbols!)
If you ever want a guided tour, it can be arranged :-)
The cathedral has the medieval Mappa Mundi and UK's largest "chained library" (https://www.themappamundi.co.uk) If you "Google" Hereford Cathedral you'll get some nice images and history.
When I worked at the museum and we began digitally cataloguing our collections, one of the first we input was our medieval coin collection. Many were minted at Hereford, but where the mint was located is not known for certain, but assumed to be in the cathedral area. You can access the catalogue and get images of the coins via this hyperlink https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/info/200172/history_lives_here/638/museums_collections_search?Id=176
By the way, Hereford is one of those English names that is not pronounced as it appears - not "Here Ford" but "heh -ri - fuhd" or "heh-ri-ford" (my dictionary does not use international phonetic symbols!)
If you ever want a guided tour, it can be arranged :-)
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