Kington
Kington is a market community, electoral ward and also civil church 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 originated from King's-lot, being Anglo-Saxon for "King's Town", comparable to other neighboring communities such as Presteigne significance "Priest's Town" and Knighton being "Knight's Town". Kington is to the west of Offa's Dyke so probably this land was Welsh in the 8th century AD. The land was held by Anglo-Saxons in 1066, yet ravaged. After the Norman Conquest Kington then passed to the Crown on the failure of Roger de Breteuil, second Earl of Hereford in 1075. Before 1121 King Henry I gave Kington to Adam de Port, who founded a brand-new Marcher barony in this part of the early Welsh Marches. Kington seems to have been a silent barony and was associated with the workplace of constable of Hereford. In 1172, Adam de Port, possibly the great-grandson of Henry Port, rebelled and also ran away the country. He returned in 1174 with a Scottish army, just to get away from the resulting Battle of Alnwick to the fantastic mirth of the Norman court. With this his barony of Kington was taken by the Crown as well as became an appurtenance of the office of Sheriff of Hereford, lastly being provided to William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber in 1203 for £100. The castle then saw action in the Braose Wars against King John of England and was likely to have been damaged by imperial forces in August 1216. Within a few years a brand-new citadel was commenced as well as the close-by Huntington Castle and also Kington Castle were abandoned. All that remains of Kington Castle today is a wonderful outcrop of rock topped by a few fragmentary earthworks. The old town gathered around the castle as well as Norman church in addition to a protective hill over the River Arrow. St Mary's church, situated on greater ground over the community centre. 'Chingtune' was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086, the name significance Kings Town or Manor, high up on capital above the community where St. Mary's Church now stands. The brand-new Kington, called Kyneton in the Fields, was set out in between 1175 and 1230 ashore bordering the River Arrow as well as perhaps assigned as part of the Saxon open area system. Positioned on the direct route the drovers took from Hergest Ridge and also with eight yearly fairs, Kington grew in importance as a market community as well as there is still a thriving livestock market on Thursdays. The community maintains the middle ages grid pattern of roads and also back lanes. In the chapel of St. Mary's Church, there is the alabaster burial place of Sir Thomas Vaughan of neighboring Hergest Court, slain at the Battle of Banbury 1469, and his other half, Elen Gethin. The ghost of Sir Thomas, and additionally that of the Black Dog of Hergest are stated to haunt the location around Hergest Ridge. The Black Dog's sighting reputedly presages death. It is likewise rumoured to have actually been the model for The Hound of the Baskervilles as Conan Doyle is understood to have actually stayed at close-by Hergest Hall soon prior to he composed the novel.
