Leominster is a market town in the English county of Herefordshire. It is found at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater, approximately 12 miles (19 km) 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, going through Ludlow and Cardiff, and links to London are reached by changing at Hereford. With a permanent population of approximately 11691 people, in accordance with the 2011 Census, Leominster is the largest of the five towns Leominster, Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington in the county encircling the City of Hereford. From 1974 to 1996, Leominster served as the administrative centre for the former regional government district of Leominster District. The town takes its name from a minster, which is a community of clergy in the district of Lene or Leon. Through the Early Middle Ages, Leominster was home to Æthelmod of Leominster, an English saint known to history often through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. He is professed to be buried in Leominster. Leominster is also the traditional home of Ryeland sheep, a breed at one time known for its 'Lemster' wool, known as '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 profit and wealth from this wool trade that established the town and the minster and drew the envy of the Welsh and other regions. For all your home enhancements, make certain to identify dependable contractors in Leominster to make certain of quality.