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Herefordshire village, .
The Vaughan family owned much of the land around Kington and their seat was at nearby Hergest Court. It was a great centre of Welsh Culture and bardic poetry. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is thought to have been inspired by the story of a black hound roaming the area since the fifteenth century following a murder committed by Ellen Vaughan at an archery tournament. The tombs of Thomas Vaughan and his wife Ellen are in St Mary's Church, Kington.
Isobel Lambot (1926-2001), crime novelist, lived in Kington from 1975 until her death in 2001.
Location map of Kington courtesy of Streetmap.co.uk
Page created 1 October 2002 and last updated
8 October 2002
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