Letton, West Herefordshire
Letton is a village and civil parish in west Herefordshire, England, and is approximately 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 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. 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 incl ...
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