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Kington, Herefordshire
Kington maps
Historic maps of Kington and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Kington maps
Historic map of Kington
Illustrated Victorian map of Herefordshire
Historic Map of any Kington postcode
Kington books
Displaying 3 of 11 books about Kington and the local area. View all Kington books
Herefordshire Living Memories
Paperback
$28
Hereford Photographic Memories
Paperback
$26
Herefordshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28
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Memories of Kington
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I lived in Kington up until the age of 18 years. My late father, Geoff Taylor, was a keen bowler and known as 'The Firer'. The picture of the cross brings back memories of my father on a Saturday morning catching up with his fellow bowling mates who owned shops in the town. I can also recall the carol singing... [more]
Shared on 20 December 2009
This photo shows my grandmother, Gwen Langston (1891 - 1963), with Mickey who was an Irish Terrier.
Shared on 05 July 2008
Mr & Mrs Potter managed Bon March shop and they had two young boys, Robert and Edmond. My mum, Edna Griffiths, helped to look after the children and, being pre-school age, I used to go along with her. Mrs Potter used to bring us pasties from Jones' Bakery (where the Chinese takeaway is now).
On the way home we used... [more]
Shared on 19 September 2006
Herefordshire memories
Both my father and mother are buried at Whitney Churchyard. Father in 1969, Mother in 1999.
Shared on 19 December 2008
I am looking for information about Sarnesfield in the 1700s and about the court house. Also, as I live in Canada and do not know much about the British law system, I would need to know how the courts operated in those years. What I need to know is about the size of the town, prominent citizens, marketplace and anything else... [more]
Shared on 24 July 2007
I visited Weobley in the late 60s as a child with my Mother to visit our Herefordshire cousins. We stayed with Mum's Great Uncle Fred (Frederick Hope) and his daughter, Mabel Hope. They lived at the Corner House and I think Mabel's brother, Rogers Hope, lived near by in Broad Street. We came from London and I remember... [more]
Shared on 14 October 2008
I lived at Lucton in the late 1960s and remember buying sweets from the shop.
I vaguely remember a young girl staying there who we played with in the meadow. The Buttons Sandra mentions are probably the BUFTONS.
Shared on 10 August 2008
Ye Old Tuck Shop and Mrs Price
My grandmother was Ann Elizabeth Price and lived in a beautiful house. She ran a little shop in the house and it was called YE OLD TUCK SHOPE. It is the most beautiful little village I have every seen. I remember the people around, how kind and friendly the were. The buttons and the Davies and old Fred. I remember playing... [more]
Shared on 30 November 2007
Extracts From Kington & Herefordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Kington, inspired by Frith photos.
Kington was also once described as having a 'maze of narrow streets … where too many of the old houses have been refronted, but still have the attraction of a wildly irregular skyline'. There have been relatively few changes here, one of the best being that the Imperial Café is now a second hand bookshop called Castle Hill Books.
This is an extract from Herefordshire Living Memories.
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Kington was also once described as having a 'maze of narrow streets … where too many of the old houses have been refronted, but still have the attraction of a wildly irregular skyline'. There have been relatively few changes here, one of the best being that the Imperial Café is now a second hand bookshop called Castle Hill Books.
This is an extract from Herefordshire Living Memories.
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It was once said of Kington that 'if you passed through at any time other than on Market Day you would have seen the shops open, and the houses open, and a few persons walking about the streets with their eyes open; but all the shops and the houses and the people therein were asleep … (and) the quacking of a duck could be heard from one end to the other.
This is an extract from Herefordshire Living Memories.
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