Hedon History Walks

Name: Hedon History Walks
Address: Johnson's Car Park, Hedon, HU128HP, GB
Telephone: +447763994060
Price range: £
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Walking tours that promote exercise at the same time as learning about the history of the Town of Hedon.
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20/08/2024

Wednesday 11th September is an evening of local Folk music at St. Augustine's Church. Part of the Head to Hedon series of concerts for Heritage Open Days organised by Hedon Museum, with financial help from Hedon Town Council and Do It For East Yorkshire from ER Council.
We welcome brilliant local acts Spare Hands, Sam and Wolfy, Kevin Young, the Cod Ends and the May Geslins to our FREE concert here in the heart of Hedon. Come and hear the great talent we have in our area.
St. Augustine's Church, Hedon 7pm.

19/08/2024

The second of the Head to Hedon concerts is the award winning choruses of Humber Harmony and Three Crown Sound singing four part harmony, barbershop style. Having won awards at International and National contests they will bring their special 'thing' to songs old and new, with not an instrument in sight. This concert will be at St. Augustine's Church on Saturday 7th September start 7pm. The concert is FREE but we hope the audience will give towards St. Augustine's rebuilding.

18/08/2024

St. Augustine's Church plays host to seven FREE concerts during Heritage Open Days.
The first is 'Time and Tide' from Hull Community Theatre and the May Geslins. Martitime stories from, Hull, Holderness and the Humber in song and sketches. Saturday 7th September start at 2pm.
These shows are always well researched and bring the stories alive for a very entertaining show. Get there early to be sure of a seat. Free, but we hope you will be able to give a donation to St. Augustine's.

18/08/2024

Have you got your Heritage Open Day Brochures yet? Pick them up at Hedon Museum, St. Augustine's Church and Hannah's Made It Studio on St. Augustine's Gate. Full of great articles plus listing all the FREE events going on in Hull, Beverley, Hedon and much of the East Riding. Don't forget there are two different ones this year!

09/08/2024

Hedon History Walks are sorry to say that the walk SEVEN DEADLY SINS lead by Lucy Brooke on Sunday 11th August at 2:30 pm is cancelled due to her ill health. I'm sure this will be rescheduled at a later date.
However the other walks are taking place as advertised;
Saturday 10th 11am Haven Walk, meet Johnson's Corner
2pm Town Walk, meet at Market Place
Sunday 11th 11am Westlands Walk, meet on Market Hill
7pm Churchyard Walk, meet St. Augustine's

All walks take about 90 mins, and well behaved dogs are welcome.Each walk costs £5 per person.
The weather is set to be dry, and maybe even sunny so should be great for a look around our lovely town.

31/07/2024

We are back! For those that want to know more about Historic Hedon, or maybe even those that are willing to learn something new, Hedon History Walks return, with added extras.
On Saturday 10th August

11am Join guide Tony Porter on the Haven Walk explores why Hedon was created with stories of our old waterway and many more stories. If wet please wear sensible shoes as can be muddy. Meet at Johnson's Corner car park HU12 8HP, ///servers.reseller.flipping

2pm We meet at the Market Place in Hedon, HU12 8JA, ///umbrellas.sporting.larger for a walk of 850 years of stories on the Hedon Town Walk.

Sunday 11th August.
11am Tony Porter leads the Westlands Walk where you will find unexpected stories in unexpected places, including trains, planes and boats! Meet at Market Hill car park, HU12 8JE, /// deodorant.still.winter.

2:30pm Very excited to welcome Lucy Brooke for her first in a series of walks, SEVEN DEADLY SINS, a look at crime and punishment in historical Hedon. Discover some of Hedon's top sinners and their punishment. WARNING:- includes some truly dreadful Victorian poetry! Meet at the west door of St. Augustine's Church. HU12 8JA, ///umbrellas.sporting.larger

At 7pm Our last walk is around the graveyard for a wealth of stories from among the stones, which themselves have hidden meanings. St. Augustine's main door, HU12 8JA, ///umbrellas.sporting.larger.

Well behaved dogs are welcome on all the walks and the cost is just £5 per person.
Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

30/11/2023

For an evening of A ca****la singing why not come along to Cottingham Civic Hall on Saturday 9th December, 7pm to 9pm where the Hull Barbershop Harmony Club present their WINTER SONG. Featuring Humber Harmony and Three Crown Sound Choruses and special guests the fabulous BAKEWELL TARTS quartet. We are raising money for the KIDS charity that gives disabled children a brighter future. Tickets £10 (£8 concessions) online from www.hullbhc.org/tickets or on the door. We are looking forward to a cracking evening.

23/10/2023

Saturday Night is FRIGHT NITE. Come along to find out about the 'things that go bump' in Hedon and help to raise funds for Little Haven Farm and Hedon Community Food Bank.
We meet on Market Hill at 7pm for a Ghost Walk around Hedon. Just £5 with all proceeds to the good causes.
See you there, if you dare!

18/09/2023

Heritage Open Days is over for another year. I would like to thank the many volunteers who opened their buildings and met with and talked about them to the visitors. I would also like to thank the Community Theatre group and the May Geslins and their singers for all the hard work researching writing and producing the concerts they performed. The magnificent East Riding of Yorkshire Band gave a brilliant concert on Friday. The Hull Barbershop Harmony Club were also superb. I would like to thank the sponsors, Hedon Town Council, Yorkshire Energy Park and Hedon Museum as without them the week would not have happened, or at least would not have been free to all.
Mostly I would like to thanks all those that came along to any of the events over the week. The whole idea is to make people more aware of out town and take prided in living here. Thank you.

16/09/2023

What a fantastic concert given by the East Riding of Yorkshire and last night. Today we have 6 open buildings, 2 walks, 1 troupe of Regency Dancers, a gang of actors around the town, starting at Distaff Lane at 11am, big lorries and classic cars. Make your plan to fit everything in. Repeat tomorrow. Tonight St Augustine's will be full of the sound of music once again, but voices only. Get there early for a seat at the FREE Barbershop Concert.

15/09/2023

After tonight's Brass Band concert (7:30pm, St. Augustine's) there is a change of music styles for Saturday's event. No instruments in sight, just the harmony of voices of award winning Humber Harmony, and Three Crown Sound barbershop choruses. The concert starts at 7pm so don't miss out.

14/09/2023

We are expecting a full house at the FREE East Riding of Yorkshire Brass Band concert on Friday night, 15th Sept. at 7:30pm. Be there early to get your seat. Just a reminder of the full programme going on over the weekend too. The weather is looking good at the moment so plan your visits to get as much in as possible. Don't forget to book your St. Augustine's tower tours by emailing [email protected] at £5. everything else is free.

13/09/2023

You should only miss the FREE Folk and spirituals concert at St. Augustine's tonight at 7pm if you are coming along on the Pub Walk that meets in the Market Place at 7pm too. You can learn about current and lost pubs as well as breweries etc.
The May Geslins are leading the singers tonight at St. Augustine's with songs to sing along with that will lift your mood.

12/09/2023

A ca****la comes to Hedon. Three Crown Sound and Humber Harmony choruses, together being Hull Barbershop Harmony Club, will be bringing songs old and new in four part harmony singing to St. Augustine's Church. From traditional to the Beatles and on to George Ezra there is something for everybody. Come along to this FREE concert for harmony singing at its best. Saturday 16th September, 7pm.

11/09/2023

Friday 15th September at 7:30pm at St. Augustine's Church in Hedon is the time and place to be to experience the full sound of a brass band in the wonderful acoustics of this church. The East Riding of Yorkshire Brass Band are giving a Free concert for Heritage Open Days. It will be one not to miss.

10/09/2023

Our next concert at St. Augustine's Church is brought to you by the Bard of Holderness and his singers. Thousands of people attended Methodist Camp meetings in the past. These open air festivals happened in fields and on common land from the back of a wagon or a temporary wooden stage. As well as preaching the day was spent singing old spiritual songs and folk tunes as well as popular hymns of the day. Our Bard has found the most singable tunes and using authentic instruments of the day and 'gang' of singers , 'The Grandsons and Grand Daughters', he is recreating the musical aspect of these meetings. Come along to hear 'proper' singing and I'm sure they will have you joining in, or at least tapping your toe. This FREE Concert organised by Hedon Museum as part of Heritage Open Days, with assistance of Hedon Town Council and Yorkshire Electricity Park is this Wednesday 13th September at 7pm.

09/09/2023

Hedon Museum is open every Saturday and Wednesday, and for Heritage Open Days on Sunday 17th too, 10am to 4 pm. You can follow the development of Hedon from creation to recent times. The Haven that brought foreign trade to our town, the Market Hill beast market, brickyards and much more. There is a display of the Women of Hedon and in our upstairs gallery our changing exhibition is 'The Journey Ends Here', revealing some secrets of the funeral business. We can be found down the alley by the V**e shop on Watmoughs Arcade or down Blue Ball Entry by Coats on George Street. Refreshments available.

08/09/2023

If you want to see more of those coy dances that Jane Austen wrote about in her novels come along and see the Hull Regency Dancers show you how it is done at Ivy House in Hedon at 13:30 and 16:00 on Saturday and Sunday 16th/17th September at Heritage Open days, presented by Hedon Museum in association with Hedon Town Council and Yorkshire Energy Park

07/09/2023

Lambert House in Hedon was built around 1830 and became The White's family home around 1860. It is an outstanding property with beautifully paneled rooms. Co.l Lambert White in his youth went whale hunting, introduced canoeing to Germany, was the first to ride a boneshaker bicycle in Hull, the first to bring the telephone to Hull and use the typewriter in his business. 'The Armoury' is one of the survivours of pieces of old buildings repurposed. There will be classic cars and lorries and a fairground organ too. Take this rare chance to visit this house on Saturday and Sunday 16th/17th September 12:00 to 16:00 for FREE during Heritage Open Days.

07/09/2023

A new theatre project comes to Hedon. Hedon Museum has commissioned the Hull Community Theatre and the May Geslins to research, write, produce and perform a folk opera/play to show a year in the farming life of Holderness. The whole piece is based around 1890's reports and starts with the rowdy hiring fairs where the workers finish one years work to let their hair down before settling for the next years employment. Farmers don't have the whip hand all the time! And some finally left the land to find work.
All this and music too in a FREE concert at St. Augustine's Church in Hedon as part of Hedon Museum presentations for Heritage Open Days. It starts at 2 pm on Saturday 9th September. Where better to sit out the heat of the day that in this wonderful church watching some new Theatre. Follow the link for just one of the songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yGYI7fry-M

06/09/2023

Heritage Open Days in Hedon Starts this Saturday. The full programme, along with venues and times are below. Our first event is The Hull Community Theatre with their Folk Opera 'Cowd Stingy Pie'. The group has researched, written and produced the whole thing and there is songs and music from Chris Jordan, the Bard of Holderness. What better way to spend one of the warmest days on the year than sitting in the cool of St. Augustine's and all for FREE. This Saturday 9th September at 2 pm. Come along and be entertained whilst finding out about the farming life in 1890's Holderness.

05/09/2023

There is a full programme of walks of Heritage Open Days in Hedon. You can learn about the lost Haven, the 'Death House', mass riots, and a pub walk, along with a tour of the interior of St. Augustine's Church and a a walk round the graveyard with tales of the life and deaths or many found there. All FREE. Most walks around 90 mins/1.5 miles long, except the Round Hedon Walk which is 4 miles and 2:30 hrs
SATURDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER
Hedon Haven Walk, 11am and 2pm, meet Johnson’s Corner car park.

SUNDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER
Hedon Town Walk, 11am, meet at the Market Place
Hedon West Walk 2pm, meet at Market Hill car park.

WEDNESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER
Hedon Pub Walk, 7pm meet at the King’s Head.

THURSDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER
Round Hedon Walk, meet 1pm on Market Hill.

SATURDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER
St. Augustine’s Graveyard, 11am meet at the west door of the church.
St. Augustine’s church interior, 1pm, meet at the west door of the church.

SUNDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER
Hedon West Walk, 11am, meet at Market Hill car park.
Hedon Town Walk, 1pm, meet at the Market Place

05/09/2023

Hedon Town Hall will be open for Heritage Open Days Sat/Sun 16th and 17th September, 12:00 to 16:00. The Town Hall was paid for by one of Hedon's MP's Henry Guy in 1693. It has been the centre of community life as a courtroom, a council chamber and the scene of many balls and entertainments over the years. There will be several items of regalia and Hedon's silver collection on view. Councillors will be on hand to point out the history around you.

03/09/2023

Award winning The Humber Harmony Chorus, and sister chorus Three Crown Sound, will be presenting a FREE concert of Barbershop, four part 'a capella' singing. There will be music from the 30's right through to new tunes that will have you laughing and crying! All happening at St. Augustine's Church at 7pm Saturday 16th September. No Tickets needed.

03/09/2023

The hidden gem that is Ss. Mary and Joseph Catholic Church is open on Saturday and Sunday 16th and 17th September between 2 and 5 pm. The church dates from 1803, around 25 years before it became strictly legal to build Catholic Churches! It is hidden and disguised. On each open day the Community Theatre are performing a scene from their Folk Opera, 'Cowd Stringy Pie' at 2pm. (the full length can be seen for free on Saturday 9th 2pm at St. Augustine's Church). Just another thing to see during this FREE to all Festival in Hedon.

01/09/2023

Always a great draw, we have classic cars and lorries, and a fairground organ at Hedon's Heritage Open Days. The lorries belonged to local companies Head's and Brooksbank and the organ will bring back times gone by too. They will all be at Lambert House on Sat./Sun. 16th and 17th September 12:00 to 16:00 so you will be able to have a look round there too.

31/08/2023

The gardens of Ivy House on Market Hill are open on Sat./Sun. 16th/17th September between 13:00 and 16:00. Not only are they delightful, they are full of recovered stones from various churches and buildings in Hull and Holderness to form follies and features. These will be explained on the day. As an added extra the Regency Dancers will be performing each day at 13:30 and 16:00. And as a further bonus the Community Theatre Group will be performing scenes from 'Cowd Stringy Pie' at 14:30. And all for FREE.

30/08/2023

Back by popular request this Heritage Open Days we have the Hull Regency Dancers. They will performing their waltzes, reels, cotillions and quadrilles at Ivy House in Hedon on Fri./Sat 16th/17th September at 1:30pm and 4pm. They look wonderful in costumes and will evoke former times when they walk about the town. If the weather is wet they will appear in Alexandra Hall, St. Augustine's Gate

29/08/2023

There is nothing like a rousing brass band, and we have the East Riding of Yorkshire Brass Band giving a FREE concert at St. Augustine's Church on Friday 15th September starting at 7:30pm. What better place to hear at 26 piece band. No tickets required, just come along.

28/08/2023

Folk songs, spirituals and good old singing hymns were the backbone of the non conformists outdoor camp meetings and The Bard of Holderness and his troupe will be bringing them to life at St. Augustine's Church on Wednesday 13th September at 7pm with a free concert. There are bound to be some tunes that you know.
https://youtu.be/rnKM7kdwzGk , maybe this one!

Address

Johnson's Car Park
Hedon
HU128HP

Telephone

+447763994060

Website

http://www.hedonhistorywalks.com/

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