Podcast Archive


Episode 1

Episode 1:

In this edition:   The Heritage Llangwm project, and how DNA testing linked our village to our Flemish founders. 

Episode 2

Episode 2

In this edition:   We trace the journey of one man’s genes from Egypt to Llangwm via Italy and Belgium. And the talking tapestry begins to take shape

Episode 3

Episode 3

In this edition:   we’ll be meeting Llangwm’s Irish cousins, hearing about St Roche (and his dog), and finding out in glorious sound what medieval music is really like.

Episode 4

Episode 4

In this episode: the archaeologists move in – and find some bones. The dig at Great Nash Farm – how you can take part. And the vicar without a church – how to put a positive spin on waiting for builders.

Episode 5

Episode 5

In Episode 5 of the Heritage Llangwm Podcast:

Why historians disagree on why the Flemings came here – and why one professor thinks our favourite theory is nonsense. And the effigies expert who wonders if one of ours may conceal something quite unexpected!

Episode 6

Episode 6

Medieval pots and Mesolithic flints – how we dug for Llangwm. And solving a 700 year old mystery – we’ve discovered the identity of the St Jerome’s effigy.

Episode 7

Episode 7

In this episode: Llangwm invades Flanders in the hunt for the village forefathers. And our DNA detectives prove the link between a Llangwm man and eleven Flemish cousins. Also: why the 12th century flood that forced our founders out of lowland Europe could be repeated nine centuries on.

Episode 8

Episode 8

This month: the women who history forgot And we unveil the narrator of our new tapestry app – she’s 700 years old!

Episode 9

Episode 9

This month: What we really found at the dig – all is revealed. And re-living the past - how one man lost three stone in as many minutes

Episode 10

Episode 10

This month: A mystery solved – after 600 years we find out what’s underneath the St Jerome’s effigies. And Mrs Godbert joins the fruit on the Fleming family tree

Episode 11

Episode 11

The Flemings who went to Scotland – we hear from a man who’s traced his ancestor back to 1066.

And why our founding Flemings Tancred and Wizo may not have been the ones who turned up north of the border.

Episode 12

Episode 12:

As the project winds down, we meet Mabel the fiery Welsh Fleming. We find more descendants of Godebert

And the programme for next year’s medieval weekend is unveiled.