Kington is a market community, selecting ward and 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 stemmed from King's-lot, being Anglo-Saxon for "King's Community", similar to other nearby towns such as Presteigne definition "Priest's Town" and also Knighton being "Knight's Town". Kington is to the west of Offa's Dyke so most likely this land was Welsh in the 8th century AD. The land was held by Anglo-Saxons in 1066, but devastated. After the Norman Conquest Kington after that passed to the Crown on the failure of Roger de Breteuil, second Earl of Hereford in 1075. Prior To 1121 King Henry I provided Kington to Adam de Port, that founded a new Marcher barony in this part of the early Welsh Marches. Kington seems to have actually been a peaceful barony and was related to the office of sheriff of Hereford. In 1172, Adam de Port, most likely the great-grandson of Henry Port, rebelled and also left the country. He returned in 1174 with a Scottish military, just to leave 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, ultimately being approved to William de Braose, fourth Lord of Bramber in 1203 for £100. The castle then saw action in the Braose Wars versus King John of England and also was likely to have been destroyed by imperial forces in August 1216. Within a couple of years a new citadel was commenced and the neighboring Huntington Castle and also Kington Castle were deserted. All that remains of Kington Castle today is an excellent outcrop of rock covered by a few fragmentary earthworks. The old town gathered around the castle and also Norman church in addition to a protective hillside above the River Arrow. St Mary's church, situated on greater ground above the community centre. 'Chingtune' was recorded in the Domesday Publication in 1086, the name significance Kings Town or Manor, high on the hill over 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 also 1230 on land bordering the River Arrow and potentially marked as part of the Saxon open area system. Located on the direct route the drovers drew from Hergest Ridge and with 8 annual fairs, Kington grew in relevance as a market town and also there is still a thriving animals market on Thursdays. The community maintains the medieval grid pattern of streets and back lanes. In the chapel of St. Mary's Church, there is the alabaster burial place of Sir Thomas Vaughan of neighboring Hergest Court, killed at the Battle of Banbury 1469, and his spouse, Elen Gethin. The ghost of Sir Thomas, as well as likewise that of the Black Dog of Hergest are claimed to haunt the location around Hergest Ridge. The Black Dog's discovery reputedly presages fatality. It is additionally rumoured to have been the prototype for The Hound of the Baskervilles as Conan Doyle is understood to have remained at nearby Hergest Hall quickly before he wrote the story.