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Kington is one of a group of towns thereabouts with cognate names: "Kington" means "King's Town", [[Presteigne]] means "Priest's Town" and [[Knighton]] is "Knight's Town". | Kington is one of a group of towns thereabouts with cognate names: "Kington" means "King's Town", [[Presteigne]] means "Priest's Town" and [[Knighton]] is "Knight's Town". | ||
Offa's Dyke was driven through the land to the east in the eighth century to mark a border between the Mercians and the Welsh kingdoms, though by the Norman Conquest it was English land. From 1075 the manor was the Crown's and so it is recorded, as ''Chingtune'' in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086. The original town stood high on the hill above the town where St. Mary's Church now stands }}<noinclude> | Offa's Dyke was driven through the land to the east in the eighth century to mark a border between the Mercians and the Welsh kingdoms, though by the Norman Conquest it was English land. From 1075 the manor was the Crown's and so it is recorded, as ''Chingtune'' in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086. The original town stood high on the hill above the town where St. Mary's Church now stands.}}<noinclude> | ||
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