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Welcome to Almeley
A small village situated in the west of the County of Herefordshire, about 7 miles from the Welsh border, surrounded by beautiful rolling hills.
It has a large agricultural background based around sheep, pasture and cider orchards.
It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as a small village . It has a largely fourteenth-century church.
One of the early Quaker meeting houses is to be found in Almeley Wootton, a hamlet about half a mile north of Almeley village, but within the parish. It was given to the Quakers in 1672 and is still in use by Quakers today. Two of the Quakers who worshipped here were involved with William Penn in setting up the colony of Pennsylvania in 1682.
It is notable as the birthplace of Sir John Oldcastle, a Lollard sympathiser who was eventually executed for treason in 1417; he is presumed to be the basis for Shakespeare's character of Falstaff.
In 1990 it received the "Best Kept Herefordshire Village" Award. and is on the Black and White Trial.
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