Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.2013°N -2.0158°W |
Official Name: | Kington |
Static Image: | 13th Century Church of St.James at Kington. - geograph.org.uk - 6980.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 250px |
Static Image Caption: | 13th Century Church of St.James at Kington |
Shire District: | Wychavon |
Shire County: | Worcestershire |
Region: | West Midlands |
Postcode District: | WR7 |
Postcode Area: | WR |
Post Town: | WORCESTER |
Os Grid Reference: | SO990558 |
Kington is a village in Worcestershire, England, situated near to Flyford Flavell.
See also: History of Worcestershire. The earliest known recording of Kington in the Domesday Book 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).[1]