Kinsham

Kinsham in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Kinsham 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

Kinsham is a civil parish which lies in the wooded hills of Herefordshire, England in the Marches near to the border with Wales, about 3 miles (5 km) east of the Welsh town of Presteigne. The parish has two small settlements, Upper Kinsham and Lower Kinsham, in the east overlooking the valley of the River Lugg, which marks the parish boundary. The 2001 census records that 71 people lived in the parish of Kinsham, of whom 32 were male and 39 female.

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Background

History

There is evidence of human occupation as far back as the Bronze Age at a round barrow () On either 2nd or 3 February 1461 the Battle of Mortimer's Cross was fought downstream from Kinsham. In the aftermath of the battle Lancastrian soldiers retreated up the river Lugg and were trapped where the river gorge narrows at Kinsham. Local folklore states the river ran red with the blood of the soldiers when they were killed. In 1868 the village was described thus:<br /> The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland

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