- HOME
- STOULTON
- PERSHORE AREA
- Visit Pershore
- Pershore Explorer's Pack
- Defford
- Defford Explorer's Pack
- Visit Drakes Broughton
- DRAKES BROUGHTON & WADBOROUGH
- DRAKES BROUGHTON. Explorer's Pack
- Visit Eckington
- ECKINGTON
- ECKINGTON. Explorer's Pack
- Visit Elmley Castle
- ELMLEY CASTLE
- ELMLEY CASTLE. Explorer's Pack
- NORTON-JUXTA-KEMPSEY
- Visit Norton-juxta-Kempsey
- Norton. Explorer's Pack
- THE TEME VALLEY
- THE TIME TRAVELLER'S GUIDE
- HERITAGE DETECTIVES
- Introducing Arthur
- Detectives School
- The Detectives Handbook
- Make detective's tools
- Skills. Get to grips with change
- Skills. Get to grips with time
- Skills. Learn to use the Detective's Handbook
- Skills. Learn to use a timeline
- Skills. Learn to wonder.
- Skills. Learn to ask questions
- Your questions answered
- Hints & Tips for Team Leaders
- SECTION 1. Who is Arthur?
- Information for Arthur
- Arthur's Quest - the full story
- Reporting to Arthur
- SECTION 2. YOUR MISSION
- How to plan expeditions
- Arthur's world today
- How to create trail routes
- How to explore, spot and wonder
- How to listen, ponder & deduce
- How to get the knowledge
- How to make a wonder card
- How to make & use timelines
- How to create story
- SECTION 3. THE GLOSSARY
- HOW TO PLAY
- EXPLORE WITH ARTHUR
- EXPLORE A PLACE NEAR YOU
- QUESTS
- CONTACT
THE PERSHORE AREA
Pershore was the centre of the ancient Hundred of Pershore.
This place has a long history.
Pershore has been a centre for Christians since the first monastic settlement was established in 682. The Rule of St. Benedict was introduced in 972, visitors to the abbey church today can still see remains of the Saxon monastic church. This place is full of mystery and not surprisingly it is a centre of activity for heritage detectives. If you have a smart phone why not to join in and start exploring Pershore and the villages round about. Your task is to help solve the mystery of why two abbots once shared Pershore market. Succeed and you will be on your way to discovering Pershore's hidden secret!
Contact us when you discover the secret and we will make you a heritage knight and send you a certificate
Pershore is an historic market town, and an administrative and legal centre where from time immemorial people have come together to transact their business. Click on each of the places listed below to find out more about this area. Today it is part of the district of 'Wychavon', but it wasn't always so, have you heard of the Hundred of Pershore?
Click to visit. Pershore Market Town and the villages of Defford, Drakes Broughton, Eckington, Elmley Castle and Norton-juxta-Kempsey. Schools from all these places took part in the Pershore Big Heritage Quest to discover why it was that Pershore market was once owned by two Abbots.
Click here for local visitor information.