The Centre
Located in the main High Street of this historic market town, the Heritage Centre is a museum of the town’s history from the Norman Conquest to the present day.
The Museum & Heritage Centre at Henley-in-Arden, near Stratford-upon-Avon, England is a unique facility made possible by the generosity of a former Lord of the Manor of Henley-in-Arden, Joseph Alexander Hardy of Pennsylvania and inaugurated by his daughter, Robin Hardy Freed, in November 1996.
Please take a look round our site. We look forward to welcoming you on a visit to the Centre very soon.
This Week in History
14th July 1780
Dr. Thomas James Philip Burman was baptised in Henley on 14th July 1780. He ran a mental asylum, founded by his father in 1797, in what was later known as Burman house (50 high Street). After Dr. Burman's death in 1840 it was eventually acquired by Dr Agar and all the patients were transferred to Glendossill House in 1882. All the private mental asylums in the county were at Henley and Wootton in 1805. Other asylums included Samuel Brown's establishment at the Stone House where patients, shackled and confined in the basement, were visible from the outside.
(Burman House c.1950s)
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Monday 28 April 2025
80th Anniversary of VE Day
The Heritage Centre will be open all day (10am – 4pm) on Thursday 8th May.
We have a special display on Second World War recollections from Henley residents that was first created in 1995 for the 50th Anniversary of VE Day as well as our permanent wartime display.
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