Kington (Herefordshire)
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 12 ′ N , 3 ° 1 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SO297566 | ||
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| Residents | 2626 (as of 2011) | ||
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| Post town | KINGTON | ||
| ZIP code section | HR5 | ||
| prefix | 01544 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | West Midlands | ||
| Ceremonial county | Herefordshire | ||
| Unitary authority | Herefordshire | ||
| British Parliament | North Herefordshire | ||
Kington is a minority and civil parish in Herefordshire , England. At the 2001 census, Kington had 2597 residents.
Kington is on the England- Wales border , and although it is west of Offa's Dyke , it has been part of England for more than 1,000 years. The parish lies in the shadow of Hergest Ridge on the Arrow, 34 kilometers northwest of Hereford . Neighboring locations are Presteigne , Builth Wells , Knighton and Leominster .
history
In the 8th century Kington belonged to Wales, but in the middle of the 11th century it became part of the Anglo-Saxon dominion as a desert . Kington came to the crown with the fall of Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford in 1075. 1203 bought William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber Kington. A castle in the village was probably destroyed in 1216 and then abandoned.
Personalities
- Stephen Kemble (1758–1822), actor, was born in Kington
- Mike Oldfield (* 1953), British multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter, lived in The Beacon near Kington in the mid-1970s, his album Hergest Ridge is named after the mountain
- Sidney Nolan (1917–1992), painter and graphic artist, lived from 1983 and died a few kilometers north of Kington
- Ellie Goulding (* 1986), singer-songwriter, went to school in Kington
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ National statistics on Statistics.gov.uk (accessed June 9, 2015)