Leominster
Leominster is a market town in the English county of Herefordshire. It lies at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater, roughly 12 miles (19 kilometres) north of the city of Hereford and about 7 miles south of the Shropshire border, 11 miles from Ludlow in Shropshire. Leominster railway station has services to Manchester, going through Ludlow and Cardiff, and connections to London are achieved by changing at Hereford. With a permanent population of roughly 11691 people, according to the 2011 Census, Leominster is the largest of the five towns Leominster, Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington in the county bordering the City of Hereford. From 1974 to 1996, Leominster provided the administrative centre for the previous local government district of Leominster District. The town takes its name from a minster, which is a group of clergy in the district of Lene or Leon. During The Course Of the Early Middle Ages, Leominster was home to Æthelmod of Leominster, an English saint known to history commonly through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. He is alleged to be entombed in Leominster. Leominster is also the historic home of Ryeland sheep, a breed at one time famous for its 'Lemster' wool, named 'Lemster ore'. This wool was cherished above all other English wool in trade with the continent of Europe in the Middle Ages. It was the income and affluence from this wool trade that established the town and the minster and drew in the envy of the Welsh and other regions. For all your home refurbishments, make sure to identify trustworthy contractors in Leominster to make certain of quality.
