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Kington is a market town, selecting ward as well as civil parish in Herefordshire, England. According to the Parish, 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-ton, being Anglo-Saxon for “King’s Town”, similar to various other neighboring communities such as Presteigne meaning “Priest’s Town” and Knighton being “Knight’s Town”. Kington is to the west of Offa’s Dyke so presumably this land was Welsh in the 8th century AD. The land was held by Anglo-Saxons in 1066, but ruined. After the Norman Conquest Kington after that passed to the Crown on the failure of Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford in 1075. Before 1121 King Henry I gave Kington to Adam de Port, that started a new Marcher barony in this part of the very early Welsh Marches. Kington seems to have been a peaceful barony and was connected with the office of constable of Hereford. In 1172, Adam de Port, most likely the great-grandson of Henry Port, rebelled and also got away the nation. He returned in 1174 with a Scottish military, only to leave from the resulting Battle of Alnwick to the fantastic mirth of the Norman court. With this his barony of Kington was taken by the Crown as well as ended up being an appurtenance of the office of Sheriff of Hereford, lastly being given to William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber in 1203 for £ 100. The castle after that saw activity in the Braose Wars versus King John of England and was most likely to have actually been damaged by royal forces in August 1216. Within a couple of years a new citadel was started and the neighboring Huntington Castle as well as Kington Castle were deserted. All that continues to be of Kington Castle today is a terrific outcrop of rock covered by a few fragmentary earthworks. The old town gathered around the castle and also Norman church on top of a defensive hill over the River Arrow. St Mary’s church, located on higher ground above the town centre. ‘Chingtune’ was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086, the name meaning Kings Town or Manor, high on the hill above the community where St. Mary’s Church currently stands. The brand-new Kington, called Kyneton in the Fields, was set out in between 1175 as well as 1230 on land bordering the River Arrow and also possibly assigned as part of the Saxon open field system. Situated on the direct route the drovers extracted from Hergest Ridge as well as with 8 annual fairs, Kington grew in value as a market community and there is still a flourishing livestock market on Thursdays. The town preserves the middle ages grid pattern of streets and also back lanes. In the chapel of St. Mary’s Church, there is the alabaster tomb of Sir Thomas Vaughan of neighboring Hergest Court, slain at the Battle of Banbury 1469, and also his wife, Elen Gethin. The ghost of Sir Thomas, and additionally that of the Black Dog of Hergest are stated to haunt the location around Hergest Ridge. The Black Dog’s discovery reputedly presages death. It is also rumoured to have actually been the model for The Hound of the Baskervilles as Conan Doyle is understood to have remained at nearby Hergest Hall shortly prior to he composed the novel.