Letton

Letton in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

The Sturts East nature reserve - geograph.org.uk - 7180406 — Richard Webb — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 2 h–4 h
Best time of year: Autumn & winter (migration & wildfowl)

Letton 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

Letton is a village and civil parish in west Herefordshire, England, and is approximately 11 miles (20 km) west-northwest from the city and county town of Hereford. The parish contains the village of Letton, the hamlet of Waterloo, and the farming hamlets of Hurstley and Kinley. The nearest towns are the market towns of Hay-on-Wye 7 miles (11 km) to the west, and Kington 7 miles to the north. Within Letton is the Grade I listed Church of St John the Baptist, and The Sturts nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest.

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Background

History

According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, Letton derives from probably "a leek enclosure or herb garden", from the Old English 'lēah' with 'tūn', in the Domesday Book written as "Letune", in 1242 as "Lettun", and in 1291 as Lecton. Letton in the Domesday Book is listed as part of the hundred of Elsdon of Herefordshire and the land of Roger de Lacy, who was tenant-in-chief to king William I. The 1086 population was part of ten households, and included two slaves, one priest, and seven settlers, in a ploughland area defined by one lord's, and one men's plough teams. Resources included a mill. The lord in 1086 was Tezelin, who had received the manor from the 1066 lord, Edwy the noble.

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