Historic manuscripts expected to draw record crowds to Hereford Cathedral (From Hereford Times)
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Historic manuscripts expected to draw record crowds to Hereford Cathedral
9:00am Wednesday 18th August 2010 in News
Tourism Project Support Fund members pictured ahead of the display of historic manuscripts at Hereford Cathedral.
A DISPLAY of historic manuscripts expected to draw record crowds to Hereford Cathedral has been unveiled.
The project features one of only four revised issues of the Magna Carta, dating back to 1217. It is on display with the city’s very own Mappa Mundi and a host of other manuscripts.
The venture has been backed by a £12,000 grant from the county-based Tourism Project Support Fund whose members joined the Dean of Hereford, the Very Rev Michael Tavinor, at a cathedral reception to open the exhibition.
“We are delighted to receive funding on this scale, helping us to welcome even more visitors and tourists to the city in an already very busy summer,” said Dominic Harbour, the cathedral’s head of marketing and communications.
The exhibition is set to run until October 30.
Picture: Tourism Project Support Fund members pictured ahead of the display of historic manuscripts at Hereford Cathedral. Back, from left: Bobbie Heavens, Melvin Powell, the Very Rev Michael Tavinor, and Glenn Jones. Front, from left: Angela Stock, Jennie Layton and Sue Williams.
