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The History of Kington, by a Member of the Mechanics Institute of Kington [r. Parry].
The History of Kington by a Member of the Mechanics Institute of Kington - r. Parry Author:Richard Parry General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1845 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN, STREETS, HOUSES, RECTORY-HOUSE, CHURCH-HOUSE, THOMAS'S MANSION, GREENLY's HOUSE, OLD MARKET-HALL, AND HOLMAff's RESIDENCE. -- POPULATION. The Town is delightfully situated and embosomed in a fertile valley, on the borders of Radnorshire, and almost surrounded by water, having the Back-brook on the north and east sides, and the river Arrow on the south; and distant from London, w. n. w. 152 miles, from Hereford 20, n. w. from Hay 13, from Leominster 14, from Presteign 7, Weobley 10, Pembridge 7, New Radnor 7, and the celebrated watering-place of Aberyst- with 62, and Llandrindod 21 miles. The housesf are chiefly built with stoue, from the Hergest, Bradnor, and other quarries in the neighbourhood. The spirit of improvement has of late years much animated the inhabitants, many new houses having been erected and old projections taken down, and the whole town has assumed a moreregular, uniform, and respectable appearance. This town never had the honor of returning Members to Parliament. In 1842 the Lords of Her Majesty's Treasury caused this town to be placed in the list of places whence the Corn-averages are to be taken. Tradition informs us that, before the Conquest, the old town stood on a site of ground near the Castle-hill, west of the Church -- and that, soon after the Norman Conquest, it was destroyed by an earthquake, together with a part of the Church ; but as no authentic account of this calamitous event is recorded by any early historian, it is fair to presume that the old town at that period was no more than a small village, which probably fell into decay,...« less