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2 unusual facts about Kington


Stanner Rocks

Stanner Rocks is a rounded hill, steep in parts, which lies close to the Wales border with England between Walton and Kington.

West Midlands English

Go from Kington in North Herefordshire with the Welsh-border lilt, to Evesham in the south of Worcestershire where there's a very different sound.


Hergest Ridge

Hergest Ridge is a large elongated hill which traverses the border between England and Wales between the town of Kington in Herefordshire and the village of Gladestry in Powys.

Kington Castle

Around the end of the 11th century William Rufus granted the estates in and around Kington to Adam Port and it is likely that he built the first castle here.

Kington Tramway

The Kington Tramway was an early narrow gauge horse tramway that linked limestone quarries at Burlinjob in Radnorshire to Eardisley in Herefordshire.

Leominster and Kington Railway

Sheep and cattle which had been driven to Kington on the various drovers trails, were now transported to their original destination of Hereford by train.

Pembridge

Pembridge is a village located just south of the River Arrow on the A44 between Leominster and Kington in Herefordshire, England.

William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber

William de Braose, (or William de Briouze), 4th Lord of Bramber (1144/1153 – 9 August 1211), court favourite of King John of England, at the peak of his power, was also Lord of Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, Glamorgan, Skenfrith, Briouze in Normandy, Grosmont, and White Castle.


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