Leominster
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Leominster Welsh Llanllieni |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 14 ′ N , 2 ° 44 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 11,200 (as of 2009) | ||
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| 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
- Mary Rudge (1842-1919), chess player
- Arthur Peppercorn (1889–1951), locomotive designer
- Albert Lee (* 1943), guitarist
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Herefordshire ( Memento from June 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 3.6 MB)
- ^ Philip Walling: Counting Sheep - A Celebration of the Pastoral Heritage of Britain . Profile Books, London 2014, ISBN 978-1-84765-803-6 . P. 28.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Tyrrells: Americans Swallow British Chip Manufacturers , Handelsblatt, August 8, 2016
- ↑ Presentation of the origin of the name on a Leominster website (May 25, 2005)
- ↑ 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.
High Street , Leominster
Church of St Peter and St Paul
