Before the Norman Conquest
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Before 612 |
Welsh Saint Dubricious founds a monastery south of the river Wye |
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676 |
Putta arrives from Rochester diocese (for generations it has been thought to be the 1st Bishop of Hereford. Now this seems unlikely). |
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700-800 |
Hereford Gospels written in or near the 8th century Wales |
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760 |
Battle of Hereford between the Welsh & the Saxon Kingdom of Mercia. The Welsh win. |
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799 |
Bishop Wulfheard is 1st bishop to call himself Bishop of Hereford. |
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794 |
Bishop Ethelbert was murdered by King Offa. |
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910 |
Acorns start to grow from which the oak timbers in the current Bishop’s palace are built. |
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926 |
King of the Anglo Saxons, Athelstan summoned the Welsh to impose tribute on them for using the ford across the Wye just south of the present palace. |
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1012 |
+ Athelstan starts to rebuild the cathedral, but it is burnt by the Welsh Grffydd ap Llewelyn who plunders the city, both castle & cathedral are burnt Edward the Confessor commissions Earl Harold to fortify Hereford against future raids |
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1056 |
Saxon warrior Bishop Leofgar, with a moustache, leads revenge on the Welsh but he is killed in battle, along with the sheriff. |
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1056-1070
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The Saxon Palace lies empty and the diocese is administered by Worcester. |
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1061-79 |
Bishop Walter. Hereford Castle was attacked by the Welsh and a Mercian landowner Eadric the Wild. |
