Kington is a market town, selecting ward and 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 originated from King's-lot, being Anglo-Saxon for "King's Town", comparable to various other nearby communities such as Presteigne meaning "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, but ruined. After the Norman Conquest Kington then passed to the Crown on the failure of Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford in 1075. Before 1121 King Henry I provided Kington to Adam de Port, that founded a brand-new Marcher barony in this part of the early Welsh Marches. Kington seems to have actually been a quiet barony and was related to the workplace of constable of Hereford. In 1172, Adam de Port, most likely the great-grandson of Henry Port, rebelled as well as took off the country. He returned in 1174 with a Scottish army, only to get away 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 came to be an appurtenance of the office of Sheriff of Hereford, ultimately being given to William de Braose, fourth Lord of Bramber in 1203 for £100. The castle after that saw action in the Braose Wars versus King John of England and was most likely to have been ruined by imperial forces in August 1216. Within a few years a new citadel was commenced and also the neighboring Huntington Castle and Kington Castle were deserted. All that continues to be of Kington Castle today is a great outcrop of rock topped by a couple of fragmentary earthworks. The old town gathered around the castle and Norman church in addition to a protective hillside above the River Arrow. St Mary's church, located on higher ground over the town centre. 'Chingtune' was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086, the name definition Kings Town or Manor, high up on the hill above the town where St. Mary's Church now stands. The new Kington, called Kyneton in the Fields, was laid out between 1175 as well as 1230 on land surrounding the River Arrow and possibly assigned as part of the Saxon open field system. Situated on the direct route the drovers took from Hergest Ridge and also with eight annual fairs, Kington grew in significance as a market community and also there is still a growing animals market on Thursdays. The town keeps the middle ages grid pattern of streets 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, slain at the Battle of Banbury 1469, as well as his partner, Elen Gethin. The ghost of Sir Thomas, as well as likewise that of the Black Dog of Hergest are claimed to haunt the area around Hergest Ridge. The Black Dog's discovery reputedly presages fatality. 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.