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Leominster is a market town in the English county of Herefordshire. It is situated at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater, about 12 miles (19 kilometres) north of the city of Hereford and about 7 miles south of the Shropshire border, 11 miles from Ludlow in Shropshire. Leominster train station has services to Manchester, passing through Ludlow and Cardiff, and links to London are achieved by changing at Hereford. With a permanent population of around 11691 people, in accordance with the 2011 Census, Leominster is the largest of the 5 towns Leominster, Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington in the county surrounding the City of Hereford. From 1974 to 1996, Leominster functioned as the administrative centre for the previous regional government district of Leominster District. The town takes its name from a minster, which is a community of clergy in the district of Lene or Leon. During the Early Middle Ages, Leominster was the home of Æthelmod of Leominster, an English saint known to history often through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. He is alleged to be entombed in Leominster. Leominster is also the historical birthplace of Ryeland sheep, a species formerly notable for its ‘Lemster’ wool, referred to as ‘Lemster ore’. This wool was prized above all other English wool in trade with the continent of Europe in the Middle Ages. It was the income and affluence from this wool trade that built the town and the minster and drew the envy of the Welsh and other areas. For all your home enhancements, be sure to find reliable professionals in Leominster to make certain of quality.