Leominster
Leominster is a market town in the English county of Herefordshire. It lies 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, travelling through Ludlow and Cardiff, and links to London are acquired by changing at Hereford. With a permanent population of approximately 11691 people, according to 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 provided the administrative centre for the previous 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. During the Early Middle Ages, Leominster was the home of Æthelmod of Leominster, an English saint known to history mainly through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. He is professed to be entombed in Leominster. Leominster is also the traditional home of Ryeland sheep, a breed at one time famous for its 'Lemster' wool, called '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 earnings and success from this wool trade that developed the town and the minster and tempted the envy of the Welsh and other areas. For all your home improvements, be sure to find dependable experts in Leominster to make certain of quality.
