Places to see in ( Kington - UK )
Places to see in ( Kington - UK )
Kington is a market town, electoral ward and 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. Kington is 2.0 miles (3.2 km) from the border with Wales and, despite being on the western side of Offa's Dyke, has been English for over a thousand years. The town is in the shadow of Hergest Ridge, and on the River Arrow, where it is crossed by the A44 road. It is 19 miles (31 km) north-west of Hereford, the county town. Nearby towns include Presteigne, Builth Wells, Knighton and Leominster. The centre of the town is situated at 522 feet (159 m) above sea level. The civil parish covers an area of 860 acres
Kington may have derived from King's-ton, being Anglo-Saxon for King's Town, similar to other nearby towns 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 devastated. After the Norman Conquest Kington then passed to the Crown on the downfall of Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford in 1075.
‘Chingtune' was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086, the name meaning Kings Town or Manor, high on the hill above the town where St. Mary's Church now stands. The new Kington, called Kyneton in the Fields, was laid out between 1175 and 1230 on land bordering the River Arrow and possibly designated as part of the Saxon open field system.
Situated on the direct route the drovers took from Hergest Ridge and with eight annual fairs, Kington grew in importance as a market town and there is still a thriving livestock market on Thursdays. The town retains the medieval grid pattern of streets and back lanes.
In the 13th century the new medieval town was formed at the foot of the hill and became primarily a wool-trading market town on an important drovers' road. Its location and historic character is the reason why so many waymarked long-distance footpaths pass through Kington today, including the Mortimer Trail, the Herefordshire Trail and the Offa's Dyke Path. The Black and White Village Trail follows the half-timbered cottages and houses in local Herefordshire villages.
The A44 road heads around the town on a bypass; it previously went through the town centre. Bus services run to Newtown, Powys, Llandridnod Wells, Knighton, Presteigne, Leominster and Hereford. The town has its own bus company, Sargeants Brothers, which was founded in the 1920s, and today provides bus services to Hereford and Mid Wales, though is no longer run by the brothers but their sons. Their bus depot is on Mill Street. The Kington Tramway opened in 1820 and ran until taken over by the railways.
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top 10 places to visit in hereford
This video will halp you to find out top 10 places to visit in Hereford.
Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of
Herefordshire, England. The name Hereford is said to come from the Anglo-
Saxon here, an army or formation of soldiers, and the ford, a place for
crossing a river. There are many places to visit in Hareford. Top 10 places
in Hareford where you can visit are:
1. Brockhampton
2. Pembridge
3. Goodrich
4. Bromyard
5. Kington
6. Symonds yet
7. Ledbury
8. Forest of Dean
9. Ross-on-Wye
10.Leominster
Places to see in ( Knighton - UK )
Places to see in ( Knighton - UK )
Knighton is a small market town in Powys, Wales, on the River Teme and the English-Welsh border. Knighton railway station, as well as a small part of the town, is in Shropshire, England. The name derives from the Old English for A settlement of servants. This Anglo-Saxon settlement later became a Norman fortified town. Tref-y-clawdd, its Welsh name, means town on the dyke (i.e. Offa's Dyke) and was first recorded in 1262.
The name Knighton probably derives from the Old English words cniht and tūn meaning, respectively, ... a soldier, personal follower, young man, servant, thane, freeman and ... farm, settlement, homestead. This implies that the settlement was perhaps founded as the result of a grant of land to freemen.
Knighton is known for a well-preserved section of Offa's Dyke. Intriguingly, Wat's Dyke also runs parallel to Offa's Dyke and a few miles to the east. An earthwork that runs north-south along the English/Welsh border from Basingwerk near Holywell to Oswestry. The dykes aside, two Norman castles, constructed in the 12th century, are the oldest survivors in modern Knighton.
Knighton first prospered as a centre of the wool trade in the 15th century and was later an important point on the two drover routes from Montgomery to Hereford, and from London to Aberystwyth. Otherwise, Knighton was remote from the centres of commerce. It seemed likely that the railway revolution would also fail to reach the town; the 1840s and 1850s saw considerable railway building right across Great Britain but Radnorshire had a small population and little industry.
On the last Saturday in August the town holds its annual Carnival and Show, which attracts thousands of visitors to the town from all over the world. It features two parades, one at midday, and another at around 8 pm; these consist of various themed carnival floats and people dressed in fancy dress. The show takes place at the town's showground at Bryn-y-Castell; also home to Knighton Town F.C., Knighton Cricket Club and Knighton Hockey Club.
Knighton Community Centre is the towns largest venue and plays host to many events such as discos, performances, wrestling, bands, artists along with local clubs and organisations. Just outside Knighton and visible for many miles, is an observatory with a telescope, Europe's largest camera obscura and a planetarium.
Knighton is at the centre or the start of two National Trails; Glyndŵr's Way and Offa's Dyke Path. The Offa's Dyke Association has a visitors' centre in the town alongside the site of the ceremony at which John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Llanfair Waterdine inaugurated the long distance footpath in 1971.
Knighton is 137 miles (220 km) from the UK capital city, London; 86 miles (138 km) from the Welsh capital of Cardiff; and, 19 miles (31 km) from the county town, Llandrindod Wells. For the smaller part of Knighton that is in Shropshire, the district administrative centre of Ludlow is 16 miles (26 km) distant and the county town of Shrewsbury is 34 miles (55 km) away. The town is remote but is connected with the following towns and villages.
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Town Centre, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire
Video of the Town Centre in Ross on Wye.
Southampton, England
Recorded August 16, 2008.
Southampton the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England, and is sited around 62 miles south-west of London. Southampton is a major port and lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water at the confluence of the River Test and River Itchen. The town itself has an estimated population of 231,200.
This video covers my visit to the city preceding my 28-day voyage on the Sea Princess. The video begins along the River Test and the port area. Next I walk through downtown, around the Civic Centre, past the Bargate and through a city park.
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Montgomery Castle
A visit to this once important Welsh border town to see the castle, hilltop war memorial and the town itself.
Herefordshire Black and White Villages
Over the years north #Herefordshire has maintained so much of its rich history and none more so than the picturesque villages that have preserved their chocolate box appeal and black and white charm in abundance.
There is a route of some 40 miles that takes a beautiful tour through these picture-book settlements and it’s perfect to travel by car or bike. Beginning in Leominster, the villages include Dilwyn, Weobley (pronounced Webbly), Sarnesfield, Kinnersely, Eardisley and Eardisland (both with a silent i), Kington, Lyonshall and Pembridge. Of course you will have spotted a couple of our market towns within that list, but generally the villages are well-served themselves with a shop, ever-popular tearoom and of course always at least one pub, often more.
Bursting with colour in summer and atmospherically festive in winter, you’ll always find a tearoom, sometimes a gallery, usually a pretty stream or river with a bench beside; and ideal stop-off for walkers and those looking for some locally made refreshment or an artisan creation. A bucket of rural bed and breakfasts can also be found sometimes in the quaint buildings and always in the surrounding and equally pretty farmhouses. Why not stay en route, take a picnic, sit on the river banks that will often flow through and dine at one of the hidden restaurants. The only thing monochrome about these villages is their paint work.
Town Centre, Leominster, Herefordshire
Video of the pretty Town Centre in Leominster.
Walking in Hereford, UK!
A walk through Hereford, starting in the town centre, we make our way towards the cathedral before having a look around inside. This is an experimental video which was filmed in a single take with no background music and no edits.
It is my intention to make more of these in future, and while i worked hard to ensure as little shakiness as possible here, it is also my intention to buy a camera stabilizer at some point which should help a great deal. The footage was also filmed on a very windy day which meant there was some wind noise at times during the video sadly.
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Our trip to Herefordshire, England
The first of out trip around Europe. Videos for us to look back on.