Where is Kington Rural?

Kington Rural is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.1840°, -3.0580°.

Castles · Mid Wales

Kington Rural

Kington Rural in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h

Kington Rural is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Kington Rural is a civil parish in west Herefordshire, England, and is approximately 17 miles (30 km) north-west from the city and county town of Hereford. The parish borders Wales at the west, and contains the hamlets and small settlements of Upper Hergest, Lower Hergest, Chickward, Bredward, and Kingswood at the south, and Bradnor Green and Rushok at the north. The nearest town is the market town of Kington which, with its parish, is to a large extent enclosed by Kington Rural. Significant landmarks of the parish are the Castle Twts motte and bailey earthwork, Hergest Court 15th-century manor house, and Hergest Ridge on the England–Wales border.

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Background

History

Kington as a settlement is listed in the Domesday Book, as in the hundred of Elsdon and the county of Herefordshire. The lords in 1066 were Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson (Earl Harold). Following the Norman Conquest the manor and its tenancy in chief was transferred in entirety to king William I. The manorial lands were possibly wasteland both before and after the Conquest. As part of the Domesday Kington listing were the associated settlements or areas of Barton, Bollingham, Breadward, Chickward, Huntington, Rushock, Lower and Upper Hergest, and Lower and Upper Welson. Earl Harold's fiefdom also included the adjacent manors of Eardisley, Willersley, Winforton, Lyonshall,…

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