If this is the origin it suggests that Hereford was a place where a body of armed men forded or crossed the Wye.

[6] Hostilities between the Anglo-Saxons and the Welsh came to a head with the Battle of Hereford in 760, in which the Britons freed themselves from the influence of the English.

The Bishops of Hereford campaigned against the presence of the community, including Cantilupe, and Richard Swinefield, who tried to stop social contact between Christians and Jews.

After the Battle of Mortimer's Cross in 1461, during the Wars of the Roses, the defeated Lancastrian leader Owen Tudor (grandfather of the future Henry VII of England) was taken to Hereford by Sir Roger Vaughan and executed in High Town.

On 30 September 1642 Parliamentarians led by Sir Robert Harley and Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford occupied the city without opposition.

On 31 July 1645 a Scottish army of 14,000 under Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven besieged the city but met stiff resistance from its garrison and inhabitants.

King Charles showed his gratitude to the city of Hereford on 16 September 1645 by augmenting the city's coat of arms with the three lions of Richard I of England, ten Scottish Saltires signifying the ten defeated Scottish regiments, a very rare lion crest on top of the coat of arms signifying "defender of the faith" and the even rarer gold-barred peer's helm, found only on the arms of one other municipal authority: those of the City of London.

[18] During World War I, in 1916, a fire at the Garrick Theatre killed eight young girls who had been performing at a charity concert.

Charter Trustees were appointed to preserve mayoral traditions until a civil parish council could be set up, which happened on 1 April 2000.

The current Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons for Hereford and South Herefordshire is Jesse Norman of the Conservative Party.

As with all of the UK, Hereford experiences a maritime climate, with limited seasonal temperature ranges, and generally moderate rainfall throughout the year.

Along the northern rim of the city, the A4103 is named Roman Road, running in a straight line from east to west.

The station is managed by Transport for Wales, which operates services to destinations such as Newport, Cardiff and Swansea to the south.

On the Cotswold Line, services are operated by West Midlands Railway towards Birmingham, via destinations such as Great Malvern, Worcester and Bromsgrove.

Great Western Railway operates regular services to London Paddington via Worcester, Oxford and Reading, amongst other destinations.

An unbroken shared-use path for cyclists and pedestrians runs along the western rim of the city, from Newton Farm to Holmer.

[50] Major employers in the city include: Herefordshire is a centre for cider production as it supports many acres of orchards, so many breweries and associated organisations exist here, along with other heavy and light industries.

A major regeneration project is taking place in Hereford city centre, formerly known as the Edgar Street Grid.

The £80 million phase 1 includes a supermarket, department store, multiplex cinema, shops, restaurants, and other facilities and opened in late Spring 2014.

Rotherwas itself has recently been awarded an Enterprise Zone status by the government which is expected to boost the economy and bring in thousands of new jobs.

Hereford is due to receive half of the 20,600 new homes expected to be built in the county by 2026 as part of the Regional Spatial Strategy.

[66] Golf courses surround the city at Wormsley (Herefordshire GC), Kington, Burghill and Brockington.

Established by Act of Parliament, the market had to be provided, and so a Bill was introduced in 2003[82] to move the site to the outskirts of the city.

[85] Composer Sir Edward Elgar lived at Plas Gwyn, Eign Hill, in Hereford between 1904 and 1911, writing some of his most famous works during that time.

[88] H.Art, or Herefordshire Art Week, is an annual county-wide exhibition held in September, displaying the work of local artists.

There is a statue of a Bronze Hereford bull designed by Brian Alabaster ARBS in front of The Old House.

The action of the fictional novels Shades of Grey and The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde take place in Hereford.

[92] Comedy writer Aaron Gillies began writing using Twitter while working as a sound technician at The Courtyard.

Local TV content is currently provided by BBC Midlands Today and ITV News Central.

In the spring/summer a cider festival is held, started in the mid-1980s, by the Friends of the Museum with the advice of Long Ashton Research station near Bristol.