BatemanArms
From Shobdon, Herefordshire United Kingdom
Age 64
Joined Friday, June 13, 2008
Home page batemanarms.co.uk
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Extended Profile
Hi I am, with my husband Bill, the owner of the Bateman Arms Inn in Shobdon, Nr Leominster. We moved here sevral months ago and adore note only the village but the surrounding countryside here in beautiful Herefordshire
We picked Shobdon not only because of the 17th Century inn in which we now reside but for the history here. The village's past is full of scandal and intrigue - including unsolved murders!
We have one of the oldest Oak trees in the country, the largest natural lake in Herefordshire, the remains of a 'motte-and-bailey' castle dating back to before the Norman conquest, an 80 acre leisure park and a little church which is nationally renowned for its unique mix of Gothic and Rococco architecture (shown to the left). This is the third church to stand on the current site, and was built on the instructions of the Second Viscount Bateman in 1756. The Batemans, from whom the pub takes its name, were a powerfull and influential family which owned Shobdon Court until the early 1930's.
And last, but by no means least, there is of course 'Shobdon Aerodrome'...
One of the 'ticks in the boxes' for us when we purchased the Bateman Arms was (due to our military background, we are both ex-military police) the connection between the Pub, the village of Shobdon, and the D-Day landings of 1944.
The Glider Pilot Regiment was a specialist unit that was responsible for crewing the British gliders that saw action in the European Theatre, transporting Allied Airborne troops and their Equipment. The men who flew Operation Tonga, the opening blow against Axis forces on D-Day, were trained at Shobdon Aerodrome which lies just beyond the field behind the Bateman Arms.
The officers were based at Shobdon Court, just up the hill opposite the Pub, and 'Local Legend' says that before leaving Shobdon they held a final meeting in our Games Room. At the end of the evening all those present signed the ceiling of the room to mark the occasion.
So reading, and walking our two shih tzu Bing and Lui, is my leisure pursuit in what is a busy life; and having a launching pad at the bar to release our books into the wild has made for many an intresting chat with passing customers!
Maybe we will meet you!
Yours aye, Diana
We picked Shobdon not only because of the 17th Century inn in which we now reside but for the history here. The village's past is full of scandal and intrigue - including unsolved murders!
We have one of the oldest Oak trees in the country, the largest natural lake in Herefordshire, the remains of a 'motte-and-bailey' castle dating back to before the Norman conquest, an 80 acre leisure park and a little church which is nationally renowned for its unique mix of Gothic and Rococco architecture (shown to the left). This is the third church to stand on the current site, and was built on the instructions of the Second Viscount Bateman in 1756. The Batemans, from whom the pub takes its name, were a powerfull and influential family which owned Shobdon Court until the early 1930's.
And last, but by no means least, there is of course 'Shobdon Aerodrome'...
One of the 'ticks in the boxes' for us when we purchased the Bateman Arms was (due to our military background, we are both ex-military police) the connection between the Pub, the village of Shobdon, and the D-Day landings of 1944.
The Glider Pilot Regiment was a specialist unit that was responsible for crewing the British gliders that saw action in the European Theatre, transporting Allied Airborne troops and their Equipment. The men who flew Operation Tonga, the opening blow against Axis forces on D-Day, were trained at Shobdon Aerodrome which lies just beyond the field behind the Bateman Arms.
The officers were based at Shobdon Court, just up the hill opposite the Pub, and 'Local Legend' says that before leaving Shobdon they held a final meeting in our Games Room. At the end of the evening all those present signed the ceiling of the room to mark the occasion.
So reading, and walking our two shih tzu Bing and Lui, is my leisure pursuit in what is a busy life; and having a launching pad at the bar to release our books into the wild has made for many an intresting chat with passing customers!
Maybe we will meet you!
Yours aye, Diana
