Pronounced 'Lemster', and still spelt that way on some of the
old milestones leading to the town, Leominster is supposed to
be an abbreviation of 'Leofrics Minster', refering to Earl Leofric,
husband of Lady Godiva who, some years before the Norman conquest,
re-established a religious house here that had been set up a
hundred years before. The roads that run north of Dinmore through
rich cattle raising country converge on Leominster and it remains
today a thriving market town serving the needs of the farming
community. Herefordshire beef needs no introduction but Leominster
was once a wool town. |
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Corn
square, at the very heart of Leominster, and the streets
leading to it has some of the towns oldest buildings. Much
of the towns wealth was founded on wool and the Ryland breed,
already mentioned, helped to establish the great herds of
Australia.
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