Leominster

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Leominster
Welsh Llanllieni
Coordinates 52 ° 14 ′  N , 2 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′  N , 2 ° 44 ′  W
Leominster (England)
Leominster
Leominster
Residents 11,200 (as of 2009)
administration
Post town LEOMINSTER
ZIP code section HR6
prefix 01568
Part of the country England
region West Midlands
Ceremonial county Herefordshire
Unitary authority Herefordshire
British Parliament Leominster
Website: http://www.leominstertowncouncil.gov.uk/

Leominster [ ˈlɛmstə ] ( Welsh Llanllieni ) is a small English town with market rights in the West Midlands . It lies on the River Lugg in the county of Herefordshire and has about 11,000 inhabitants. Since the late Middle Ages, Leominster has been known for its Lemster Ore , a particularly fine, short-fiber sheep wool.

economy

Leominster is the headquarters of the potato chip manufacturer Tyrrells , which was sold in 2016 by previous owner Investcorp from Bahrain to the Texan company Amplify Snack Brands .

Surname

The name Leominster goes back perhaps to a minster (English minster ) in an administrative district called Lene or Leon ; According to a Leominster website, the place name is said to be derived from Count Leofric von Mercia , the husband of the legendary Lady Godiva in the 11th century.

Town twinning

Since 1992 Leominster is with the French town of Saverne by a twinning connected.

Born in Leominster

Web links

Commons : Leominster  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Statistics Herefordshire ( Memento from June 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 3.6 MB)
  2. ^ Philip Walling: Counting Sheep - A Celebration of the Pastoral Heritage of Britain . Profile Books, London 2014, ISBN 978-1-84765-803-6 . P. 28.
  3. Amplify Snack Brands Inc. is taking over Tyrrells worth 300 million GBP ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Tyrrells Group Holdings Limited press release, August 8, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.presseportal.de
  4. Tyrrells: Americans Swallow British Chip Manufacturers , Handelsblatt, August 8, 2016
  5. Presentation of the origin of the name on a Leominster website (May 25, 2005)
  6. Website Saverne ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saverne.fr