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Kington 

Kington
Herefordshire

Pound Farm

St Mary's, Kington
C F Walker, 1849

   

Bridge Street, Kington
M Jones, 1881

 

Old Kington was Chingtune in Domesday deriving from Old English cyning - tūn - meaning 'royal estate'. The new town of New Kington was a laid out by the Braose family sometime between 1175 and 1230.

 

Visit the Kington Museum website at www.kc3.co.uk/chamber/museum/

Illustration courtesy of Hereford City Library

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