Kington
Kington is a market community, electoral 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-ton, being Anglo-Saxon for "King's Town", comparable to other close-by towns such as Presteigne significance "Priest's Town" as well as 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, yet ruined. After the Norman Conquest Kington then 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, that founded a brand-new Marcher barony in this part of the early Welsh Marches. Kington appears to have actually been a quiet barony as well as was related to the office of constable of Hereford. In 1172, Adam de Port, possibly the great-grandson of Henry Port, rebelled as well as took off the country. He returned in 1174 with a Scottish army, just to get away from the resulting Battle of Alnwick to the excellent mirth of the Norman court. With this his barony of Kington was taken by the Crown and ended up being an appurtenance of the office of Sheriff of Hereford, finally 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 and also was most likely to have actually been damaged by royal forces in August 1216. Within a couple of years a new citadel was started as well as the close-by Huntington Castle as well as Kington Castle were deserted. All that stays of Kington Castle today is a wonderful outcrop of rock covered by a few fragmentary earthworks. The old town gathered around the castle and Norman church on top of a defensive hill above the River Arrow. St Mary's church, positioned on higher ground over the community centre. 'Chingtune' was recorded in the Domesday Publication in 1086, the name significance Kings Town or Manor, high up on the hill over the community where St. Mary's Church now stands. The brand-new Kington, called Kyneton in the Fields, was laid out between 1175 and 1230 on land surrounding the River Arrow and potentially marked as part of the Saxon open area system. Situated on the direct route the drovers took from Hergest Ridge and also with eight yearly fairs, Kington expanded in value as a market community as well as there is still a flourishing livestock market on Thursdays. The town retains the middle ages grid pattern of roads and back lanes. In the chapel of St. Mary's Church, there is the alabaster burial place of Sir Thomas Vaughan of nearby Hergest Court, killed at the Battle of Banbury 1469, and his wife, Elen Gethin. The ghost of Sir Thomas, and additionally that of the Black Dog of Hergest are stated to haunt the location around Hergest Ridge. The Black Dog's sighting reputedly presages death. It is likewise rumoured to have been the model for The Hound of the Baskervilles as Conan Doyle is understood to have stayed at neighboring Hergest Hall quickly prior to he composed the book.