Leominster
Leominster is a market town in the English county of Herefordshire. It lies at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater, approximately 12 miles (19 km) 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, passing through Ludlow and Cardiff, and connections to London are acquired by changing at Hereford. With a permanent population of about 11691 people, according to the 2011 Census, Leominster is the largest of the five towns Leominster, Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington in the county encircling the City of Hereford. From 1974 to 1996, Leominster provided the administrative centre for the former local 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. Throughout the Early Middle Ages, Leominster was the home of Æthelmod of Leominster, an English saint known to history commonly through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. He is professed to be entombed in Leominster. Leominster is also the historical birthplace of Ryeland sheep, a breed formerly famed for its 'Lemster' wool, known as 'Lemster ore'. This wool was esteemed above all other English wool in trade with the continent of Europe in the Middle Ages. It was the profit and prosperity from this wool trade that built the town and the minster and drew the envy of the Welsh and other areas. For all of your home refurbishments, make sure to find trustworthy specialists in Leominster to make certain of quality.