Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Allingtree

Moving to Herefordshire the Pilgrimage now goes to the shrine of Our Lady of Allingtree, on the western edge of Hereford.

Close to the site is the modern Catholic Church of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs which was completed in 1996. By its dedication it seeks to commemorate the lost chapel www was and the Herefordshire  martyrs of the recusant era. Taking Stock has a description of it at Hereford - Our Lady Queen of Martyrs 

My notes from previous years about this shrine of which virtually nothing is recorded can be accessed from last year’s post ar Marian pilgrimage - Our Lady of Allingtree

I have done a little more online research about Allingtree or Aylingtree. This reveals that what were called the Gallows Tumps were situated south of the city near Belmont Road ( A465). My online source says this was the earliest recorded execution site in Hereford, and that between 1737 and 1789, it saw 54 confirmed public executions. This cannot be entirely true as Widemarsh Common to the north of the city centre was the setting for the martyrdom  of St John Kemble in 1679. The map by John Speed does not indicate any gallows close to the city. It does perhaps suggest however that the medieval chapel was not close to a place of execution.

May Our Lady of Allingtree intercede for us and our intentions 

Jesu mercy, Mary pray