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Kington is a market town, selecting ward as well as civil parish in Herefordshire, England. According to the Church, 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-lot, being Anglo-Saxon for “King’s Community”, similar to various other neighboring towns such as Presteigne definition “Priest’s Town” as well as Knighton being “Knight’s Town”. Kington is to the west of Offa’s Dyke so probably this land was Welsh in the 8th century AD. The land was held by Anglo-Saxons in 1066, but ravaged. After the Norman Conquest Kington then passed to the Crown on the downfall of Roger de Breteuil, second Earl of Hereford in 1075. Prior To 1121 King Henry I gave Kington to Adam de Port, that founded a new Marcher barony in this part of the early Welsh Marches. Kington seems to have actually been a quiet barony and was connected with the workplace of constable of Hereford. In 1172, Adam de Port, most likely the great-grandson of Henry Port, rebelled as well as left the nation. He returned in 1174 with a Scottish military, just to flee from the resulting Battle of Alnwick to the great mirth of the Norman court. With this his barony of Kington was taken by the Crown and came to be an appurtenance of the workplace of Sheriff of Hereford, lastly being given to William de Braose, fourth Lord of Bramber in 1203 for £ 100. The castle then saw activity in the Braose Wars against King John of England and also was most likely to have actually been ruined by royal forces in August 1216. Within a few years a new fortress was commenced and also the neighboring Huntington Castle as well as Kington Castle were deserted. All that remains 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 Norman church in addition to a defensive hillside over the River Arrow. St Mary’s church, situated on greater ground above the town centre. ‘Chingtune’ was recorded in the Domesday Publication in 1086, the name meaning Kings Town or Manor, high on capital over the community where St. Mary’s Church now stands. The new Kington, called Kyneton in the Fields, was laid out in between 1175 as well as 1230 on land bordering the River Arrow and also perhaps designated as part of the Saxon open area system. Located on the direct route the drovers took from Hergest Ridge and also with eight yearly fairs, Kington grew in relevance as a market town as well as there is still a flourishing livestock market on Thursdays. The community preserves the medieval grid pattern of roads as well as back lanes. In the chapel of St. Mary’s Church, there is the alabaster burial place of Sir Thomas Vaughan of nearby Hergest Court, slain at the Battle of Banbury 1469, as well as his partner, Elen Gethin. The ghost of Sir Thomas, and likewise that of the Black Dog of Hergest are stated to haunt the area around Hergest Ridge. The Black Dog’s discovery reputedly presages death. It is likewise rumoured to have been the prototype for The Hound of the Baskervilles as Conan Doyle is known to have actually remained at nearby Hergest Hall soon before he wrote the story.