Leominster
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 kilometres) north of the city of Hereford and about 7 miles south of the Shropshire border, 11 miles from Ludlow in Shropshire. Leominster railway station has services to Manchester, going through Ludlow and Cardiff, and connections to London are reached by changing at Hereford. With a permanent population of roughly 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 bordering the City of Hereford. From 1974 to 1996, Leominster served as the administrative centre for the previous local 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 the home of Æthelmod of Leominster, an English saint known to history largely through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. He is professed to be entombed in Leominster. Leominster is also the historic home of Ryeland sheep, a breed at one time famous for its 'Lemster' wool, named 'Lemster ore'. This wool was esteemed above all other English wool in trade with the continent of Europe in the Middle Ages. It was the earnings and prosperity from this wool trade that built the town and the minster and tempted the envy of the Welsh and other areas. For all your home renovations, make sure to find respected contractors in Leominster to make certain of quality.
