The Timeline
The Dorstone Settlement Timeline traces continuous human activity from around 4000 BCE to the present day. Every entry is grounded in evidence: archaeological reports, parish registers, census records, oral testimony and published scholarship.
The Timeline is a living digital document, presented in St. Faith's Church on digital touchscreens and a physical exhibition. An audio guide and range of walking tours will launch later in the year on the free Bloomberg Connects app.
New entries are added as research continues and new evidence emerges. You can explore a selection of timeline extracts below.
c.3850 BCE
3850 BCE Neolithic Halls
c.3700 BCE
3700 BCE Arthur's Stone
c.6th century
600 CE Book of Llandaff
676
676 Diocese of Hereford
757
757 Offa's Dyke
1055
1055 Welsh Devastation
1063
1063 Harold's Welsh Campaign
c.1067
1067 Snodhill Castle
1086
1086 Domesday Survey
c.1100
1100 Tufa Arch
c.1170
1170 Richard de Brito
1256
1256 Chancel Inscription
1292
1292 Swinfield Visitation Dorstone
1401
1401 Snodhill Refortified
1406
1406 War Damage
1643
1643 Maddy Will
1647
1647 Snodhill Slighting
c.1660
1660 Prosser Dynasty
1737
1737 Prosser Charity
1780
1780 Pandy Inn Recorded
1819
1819 Dorstone and Bredwardine Enclosure
1826
1826 Church Rebuilt
1841
1841 Tithe Apportionment
1846
1846 Highway Robbery
1850
1850 Sheep-Stealing Sentence
1856
1856 Village Fire
1863
1863 Golden Valley Earthquake
1864
1864 Methodist Chapel
1881
1881 Railway Arrives
1889
1889 Church Rebuilt
1892
1892 Organ Installed
1895
1895 Reading Room
c.1898
1898 Piped Water
1902
1902 Bridge Inn Closes
1908
1908 Flower Show
1914
1914 Dorstone at War
1919
1919 Estate Land Sales
1923
1923 Women's Institute
1930
1930 Bus Service
1941
1941 Bombing Raids
c.1942
1942 Prisoner-of-War Camp
1945
1945 Wellington Crash
1950
1950 Tower Lowered
1951
1951 Electricity Arrives
1953
1953 Railway Closes
1965
1965 Hilltop Dig
1966
1966 School Closes
1981
1981 Arthur's Stone Scheduled
1998
1998 New Shop and Post Office
1999
1999 Pandy Inn Fire
2005
2005 Chalice Theft
2011
2011 Excavations Begin
2017
2017 Bell Restoration
2021
2021 Snodhill Excavations
2022
2022 Arthur's Stone Dig
2022
2022 North Keep Opens