Leominster
Leominster is a market town in the English county of Herefordshire. It is situated 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 train station has services to Manchester, passing through Ludlow and Cardiff, and links to London are reached by changing at Hereford. With a permanent population of approximately 11691 people, according to the 2011 Census, Leominster is the largest of the 5 towns Leominster, Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington in the county neighbouring the City of Hereford. From 1974 to 1996, Leominster provided the administrative centre for the previous regional 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. Through the Early Middle Ages, Leominster was the home of Æthelmod of Leominster, an English saint known to history largely through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. He is said to be entombed in Leominster. Leominster is additionally the traditional birthplace of Ryeland sheep, a species once celebrated for its 'Lemster' wool, known as 'Lemster ore'. This wool was prized above all other English wool in trade with the continent of Europe in the Middle Ages. It was the profit and wealth from this wool trade that formed the town and the minster and drew in the envy of the Welsh and other regions. For all of your home refurbishments, make sure to identify respected contractors in Leominster to make certain of quality.
