Kington is a market community, selecting ward and also 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 derived from King's-bunch, being Anglo-Saxon for "King's Town", similar to other nearby towns such as Presteigne significance "Priest's Town" and Knighton being "Knight's Town". Kington is to the west of Offa's Dyke so presumably this land was Welsh in the 8th century AD. The land was held by Anglo-Saxons in 1066, yet devastated. After the Norman Conquest Kington after that passed to the Crown on the downfall of Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford in 1075. Prior To 1121 King Henry I gave Kington to Adam de Port, who established a new Marcher barony in this part of the very early Welsh Marches. Kington seems to have been a quiet barony as well as was connected with the office of sheriff of Hereford. In 1172, Adam de Port, probably the great-grandson of Henry Port, rebelled and also got away the nation. He returned in 1174 with a Scottish army, just to get away from the resulting Battle of Alnwick to the excellent mirth of the Norman court. With this his barony of Kington was taken by the Crown and ended up being an appurtenance of the office of Sheriff of Hereford, finally being provided to William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber in 1203 for £100. The castle then saw action in the Braose Wars versus King John of England and was most likely to have been destroyed by royal forces in August 1216. Within a couple of years a brand-new fortress was started and the nearby Huntington Castle as well as Kington Castle were abandoned. All that remains of Kington Castle today is a wonderful outcrop of rock covered by a couple of fragmentary earthworks. The old town clustered around the castle and Norman church on top of a defensive hill over the River Arrow. St Mary's church, positioned on greater ground above the town centre. 'Chingtune' was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086, the name definition Kings Town or Manor, high on capital over the town where St. Mary's Church currently stands. The brand-new Kington, called Kyneton in the Fields, was outlined between 1175 and also 1230 on land surrounding the River Arrow as well as perhaps assigned as part of the Saxon open area system. Located on the direct route the drovers extracted from Hergest Ridge as well as with eight annual fairs, Kington expanded in relevance as a market community as well as there is still a thriving animals market on Thursdays. The community preserves the middle ages grid pattern of streets and back lanes. In the chapel of St. Mary's Church, there is the alabaster tomb of Sir Thomas Vaughan of close-by Hergest Court, slaughtered at the Battle of Banbury 1469, and his better half, Elen Gethin. The ghost of Sir Thomas, and likewise that of the Black Dog of Hergest are stated to haunt the area around Hergest Ridge. The Black Dog's sighting reputedly presages death. It is also rumoured to have been the model for The Hound of the Baskervilles as Conan Doyle is understood to have actually remained at nearby Hergest Hall soon before he created the story.