Leominster
Leominster is a market town in the English county of Herefordshire. It is set at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater, around 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 train station has services to Manchester, going through Ludlow and Cardiff, and links to London are achieved 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 surrounding the City of Hereford. From 1974 to 1996, Leominster worked as the administrative centre for the previous regional government district of Leominster District. The town takes its name from a minster, which is a group 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 generally through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. He is said to be buried in Leominster. Leominster is additionally the historic home of Ryeland sheep, a species previously famed for its 'Lemster' wool, referred to 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 success from this wool trade that formed the town and the minster and drew in the envy of the Welsh and other regions. For all your home refurbishments, make sure to identify credible contractors in Leominster to make certain of quality.
