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Kington
Kington is a market town, selecting ward and civil church in Herefordshire, England. According to the Parish, 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-heap, 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 ruined. After the Norman Conquest Kington then passed to the Crown on the downfall of Roger de Breteuil, second Earl of Hereford in 1075. Before 1121 King Henry I provided Kington to Adam de Port, who established a brand-new Marcher barony in this part of the early Welsh Marches. Kington seems to have actually been a silent barony as well as was associated with the workplace of sheriff of Hereford. In 1172, Adam de Port, probably the great-grandson of Henry Port, rebelled and also ran away the nation. He returned in 1174 with a Scottish military, just to leave from the resulting Battle of Alnwick to the wonderful mirth of the Norman court. With this his barony of Kington was taken by the Crown as well as ended up being an appurtenance of the workplace of Sheriff of Hereford, lastly being granted to William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber in 1203 for £100. The castle after that saw activity in the Braose Wars versus King John of England and was likely to have actually been ruined by imperial forces in August 1216. Within a few years a brand-new fortress was commenced and the close-by Huntington Castle and Kington Castle were deserted. All that continues to be of Kington Castle today is a wonderful 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, situated on greater ground over the town centre. 'Chingtune' was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086, the name meaning Kings Town or Manor, high up on capital above the town where St. Mary's Church now stands. The new Kington, called Kyneton in the Fields, was laid out between 1175 and also 1230 ashore bordering the River Arrow as well as potentially designated as part of the Saxon open area system. Located on the direct route the drovers extracted from Hergest Ridge and also with eight annual fairs, Kington grew in significance as a market community as well as there is still a growing animals market on Thursdays. The community retains the middle ages grid pattern of streets as well as 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, as well as his other half, Elen Gethin. The ghost of Sir Thomas, as well as additionally that of the Black Dog of Hergest are claimed to haunt the area around Hergest Ridge. The Black Dog's discovery 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 stayed at nearby Hergest Hall soon prior to he created the book.
