The Halling History Trail
UNDER CONSTRUCTION DECEMBER 2025
The Halling History Trail – A Guide
In August 2021, the Halling Historical Society arranged for the installation of a ‘blue plaque’ on the wall of 79 High Street, the former home of Sergeant Thomas Harris VC MM, to commemorate Halling’s hero of the First World War.
When the Halling Historical Society celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2025, a further 14 plaques were commissioned, each to be placed on other buildings with links to people or places of historical interest in Halling.
The plaques form ‘The Halling History Trail’, along with another on the Jubilee Hall for the life of Ted Gowers, a founder of the Society and author of ‘Across the Low Meadow’ history of Halling; and three other information boards about the Bishop’s Palace, the riverside lime works, and Forge Green.
This guide shows the locations of each of these plaques and of other places of interest in Halling, as indicated on the map below, forming a walking route around the village's historic locations. Each location is the subject of a separate subpage, as listed below.
Plaque 1 St Andrews Park: https://www.hugofox.com/community/halling-historical-society-18475/plaque-1---st-andrews-park/?preview=4cf97371b71e43d0afaaf0c51b917bf0
Social Club and Railway Station: https://www.hugofox.com/community/halling-historical-society-18475/other-places-of-interest-along-the-trail/?preview=4cf97371b71e43d0afaaf0c51b917bf0
Halling Baptist Chapel: https://www.hugofox.com/community/halling-historical-society-18475/halling-baptist-chapel/?preview=4cf97371b71e43d0afaaf0c51b917bf0
Plaque 2: Hallling Old primary School: https://www.hugofox.com/community/halling-historical-society-18475/halling-old-primary-school/?preview=4cf97371b71e43d0afaaf0c51b917bf0
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