Kington is a village in
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ...
, England, situated near to
Flyford Flavell.
History
The earliest known recording of Kington in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
under "cyne-turne" – the "King's farmstead".
Kington had two Anabaptist congregations in 1669, as with some other parts of eastern Worcestershire, where they had strongest support among poorer people.
In 1714 Mr and Mrs Woolmere sold the Manor of Kington to
Thomas Vernon (1654–1721). As he had no children the estate passed to his second cousin Bowater Vernon and then in turn to
Thomas Vernon (1724–1771).
[''Life in the Woods'', Janet Gourd, 2003 Lychgate Publishing, Tillington, West Sussex. p56 and ''Grafton Wood Estate Map 1740'' Croome Estate Archives]
References
Villages in Worcestershire
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