The annual walk between St Petroc’s Church, South Brent, and St Petroc’s, Harford, was again a very successful occasion on 21st June this year. Starting at 2pm in South Brent, the walkers were told about the ancient graveyard by 2 members of the congregation, Rev Peter Taylor and Patrick McCulloch, in line with this year’s…More
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Harford Special Spaces – Saturday 21st June 2pm St Petroc’s Walk from South Brent to Harford
Harford War Archaeology walk
On Saturday 24th May our Harford war archaeology walk started with a talk in the church by Vicky Colston about her uncle, Captain Michael Farr, whose gravestone in is the St Petroc’s churchyard. Vicky brought photographs, maps and letters about her uncle, which will be scanned and added to the Harford graveyard database. From the…More
Harford Special Spaces War Archaeology walk on Saturday 24th May
At 10am we will look at the grave of Captain Michael Farr in the graveyard and hear more about this remarkable survivor of Colditz from his neice. We will then walk around some of the interesting WW2 sites of interest on Harford Moor, returning to the church to eat our packed lunches. Tea and coffee…More
Harford Special Spaces 2025 off to a great start
On Saturday 26th April, our 2025 series of Harford Special Spaces got off to a great start with an excellent breakfast from 8.30am -10am, followed by clearing and mapping graves in the front church yard. For details of the walk in May and of all Harford Special Spaces events across the summer, see the poster…More
Come and Clean a Grave Day – Saturday 26th April 10am – 1pm
Harford Special Spaces 2025
In 2025 our Special Spaces theme is ‘Grave Matters’, based principally around the Harford churchyard. We are digitally remapping and creating a database of the St Petroc’s graveyard this year and need help to tidy up and research this fascinating place, where memorials and headstones chronicle the lives of people with a Harford connection from…More
Celebrate World Rivers Day – Saturday 21st September
Join us for a delicious cooked breakfast at Harford Church from 8.30 – 10am on Saturday 21st September ( small donation requested) or just come for the walk to Piles Copse, starting at 10am from the church. Wear stout shoes/walking boots, bring lunch and a swimming costume, if you think you might be up for…More
Celebrate National Bog Day Saturday 27th July 2024
Our next parish breakfast will be from 8.30 – 10am on Saturday 27th July, cooked by Masterchef Paul Alexander. A small donation is requested to cover food costs. Following the breakfast, John Howell will lead a guided walk to the peat rewetting project at Left Lake to celebrate National Bog Day. This peat bog is part of…More
Guided walk on Harford Moor to celebrate National Bog Day – 27th July
On Saturday 27th July there will be a Special Spaces guided walk to the peat-rewetting project near Left Lake to mark National Bog Day, leaving Harford Church immediately after the monthly parish breakfast in the church 8.30 – 10am ( small donation requested). Wear boots or strong shoes and bring a packed lunch to eat…More
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