Kington
Kington is a market town, selecting 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 derived from King's-lot, being Anglo-Saxon for "King's Town", similar to other close-by communities such as Presteigne significance "Priest's Town" and 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, yet devastated. After the Norman Conquest Kington after that passed to the Crown on the failure of Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford in 1075. Prior To 1121 King Henry I offered Kington to Adam de Port, who started a brand-new Marcher barony in this part of the very early Welsh Marches. Kington seems to have been a silent barony as well as was related to the office of constable of Hereford. In 1172, Adam de Port, possibly the great-grandson of Henry Port, rebelled and also left the nation. 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, 4th Lord of Bramber in 1203 for £100. The castle after that saw action in the Braose Wars against King John of England and also was most likely to have actually been damaged by imperial forces in August 1216. Within a couple of years a new fortress was begun and the nearby Huntington Castle and Kington Castle were deserted. All that continues to be of Kington Castle today is a fantastic outcrop of rock topped by a couple of fragmentary earthworks. The old town clustered around the castle and also Norman church in addition to a defensive hill above the River Arrow. St Mary's church, positioned on greater ground over the town centre. 'Chingtune' was recorded in the Domesday Publication in 1086, the name definition Kings Town or Manor, high on capital above the community where St. Mary's Church now stands. The brand-new Kington, called Kyneton in the Fields, was outlined in between 1175 and 1230 on land surrounding the River Arrow and possibly assigned as part of the Saxon open area system. Located on the direct route the drovers extracted from Hergest Ridge and also with 8 annual fairs, Kington grew in significance as a market community and also there is still a flourishing animals market on Thursdays. The community retains the middle ages grid pattern of roads and back lanes. In the chapel of St. Mary's Church, there is the alabaster burial place of Sir Thomas Vaughan of close-by Hergest Court, killed at the Battle of Banbury 1469, as well as his better half, 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 sighting reputedly presages fatality. It is likewise rumoured to have actually been the prototype for The Hound of the Baskervilles as Conan Doyle is known to have actually remained at nearby Hergest Hall soon before he created the book.
