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Kington
Kington is a market community, selecting ward as well as civil parish in Herefordshire, England. According to the Church, the ward had a population of 3,240 while the 2011 census had a population of 2,626. The name 'Kington' is derived from King's-heap, being Anglo-Saxon for "King's Community", comparable to other close-by communities such as Presteigne meaning "Priest's Town" and also Knighton being "Knight's Town". Kington is to the west of Offa's Dyke so probably this land was Welsh in the 8th century AD. The land was held by Anglo-Saxons in 1066, however ruined. After the Norman Conquest Kington after that passed to the Crown on the failure of Roger de Breteuil, second Earl of Hereford in 1075. Prior To 1121 King Henry I gave Kington to Adam de Port, who started a new Marcher barony in this part of the early Welsh Marches. Kington seems to have actually been a peaceful barony and was related to the workplace of sheriff of Hereford. In 1172, Adam de Port, possibly the great-grandson of Henry Port, rebelled and got away the country. He returned in 1174 with a Scottish military, just to flee from the resulting Battle of Alnwick to the wonderful mirth of the Norman court. With this his barony of Kington was taken by the Crown and also ended up being an appurtenance of the office of Sheriff of Hereford, lastly being granted to William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber in 1203 for £100. The castle then saw action in the Braose Wars against King John of England as well as was likely to have been damaged by royal forces in August 1216. Within a couple of years a new fortress was commenced and also the close-by Huntington Castle and also Kington Castle were deserted. All that stays of Kington Castle today is a terrific outcrop of rock topped by a couple of fragmentary earthworks. The old town gathered around the castle as well as Norman church in addition to a defensive hillside above the River Arrow. St Mary's church, located on greater ground above the town centre. 'Chingtune' was recorded in the Domesday Publication in 1086, the name meaning Kings Town or Manor, high on capital above the community where St. Mary's Church now stands. The new Kington, called Kyneton in the Fields, was laid out between 1175 and 1230 on land bordering the River Arrow as well as perhaps assigned as part of the Saxon open field system. Situated on the direct route the drovers took from Hergest Ridge and also with 8 annual fairs, Kington grew in importance as a market town and there is still a flourishing animals market on Thursdays. The town retains the middle ages grid pattern of roads and also back lanes. In the chapel of St. Mary's Church, there is the alabaster burial place of Sir Thomas Vaughan of neighboring Hergest Court, slaughtered at the Battle of Banbury 1469, and also his better half, Elen Gethin. The ghost of Sir Thomas, and additionally that of the Black Dog of Hergest are stated to haunt the area around Hergest Ridge. The Black Dog's discovery reputedly presages death. It is likewise rumoured to have actually been the model for The Hound of the Baskervilles as Conan Doyle is understood to have remained at close-by Hergest Hall shortly before he created the story.
