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Kington is a market town, electoral ward and also 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 originated from King’s-ton, being Anglo-Saxon for “King’s Community”, comparable to other close-by towns such as Presteigne definition “Priest’s Town” and also Knighton being “Knight’s Town”. Kington is to the west of Offa’s Dyke so most likely this land was Welsh in the 8th century AD. The land was held by Anglo-Saxons in 1066, however devastated. After the Norman Conquest Kington after that passed to the Crown on the downfall of Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford in 1075. Prior To 1121 King Henry I offered Kington to Adam de Port, that started a brand-new Marcher barony in this part of the very early Welsh Marches. Kington seems to have actually been a quiet barony and was connected with the workplace of sheriff of Hereford. In 1172, Adam de Port, possibly the great-grandson of Henry Port, rebelled and fled the country. He returned in 1174 with a Scottish military, just to get away 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 and also became an appurtenance of the office of Sheriff of Hereford, finally being given to William de Braose, fourth Lord of Bramber in 1203 for £ 100. The castle after that saw activity in the Braose Wars against King John of England and also was most likely to have actually been damaged by royal forces in August 1216. Within a few years a new fortress 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 fantastic outcrop of rock topped by a few fragmentary earthworks. The old town gathered around the castle and Norman church in addition to a defensive hill above the River Arrow. St Mary’s church, positioned on greater ground above the town centre. ‘Chingtune’ was recorded in the Domesday Publication in 1086, the name meaning Kings Town or Manor, high up on the hill above the community where St. Mary’s Church now stands. The new Kington, called Kyneton in the Fields, was set out in between 1175 as well as 1230 on land bordering the River Arrow as well as potentially designated as part of the Saxon open field system. Positioned on the direct route the drovers drew from Hergest Ridge and also with eight yearly fairs, Kington expanded in value as a market community and also there is still a growing livestock market on Thursdays. The town maintains the medieval grid pattern of roads and also back lanes. In the chapel of St. Mary’s Church, there is the alabaster tomb of Sir Thomas Vaughan of nearby Hergest Court, slaughtered at the Battle of Banbury 1469, and his spouse, Elen Gethin. The ghost of Sir Thomas, as well as also that of the Black Dog of Hergest are claimed to haunt the area around Hergest Ridge. The Black Dog’s sighting reputedly presages fatality. It is additionally rumoured to have been the model for The Hound of the Baskervilles as Conan Doyle is understood to have actually remained at nearby Hergest Hall quickly prior to he wrote the story.