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Herefordshire / Re: Price's at Hergest Court Farm, Kington before 1838
« on: Thursday 11 December 08 23:39 GMT (UK)  »
My father's family originated in Kerry, in Montgomeryshire, but moved to Kington  in the late 19th century.  The family name is Hamer.  My grandfather was the first man from Kington to have been killed in WW1.
Anything of interest will be gratefully received.
I have found Kington Hihstorical Society very helpful, as were the people in the Library.

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Herefordshire / Re: Price's at Hergest Court Farm, Kington before 1838
« on: Thursday 11 December 08 23:33 GMT (UK)  »
I was pleased to find your entry about Hergest Court.  My great aunt Gladys' husband, Owens (I'e temporarily forgotten his first name) was a tenant farmer at Hergest Court Farm.  Do you know the legend about Black Vaughan attached to Hergest Court?  Just Google Hergest and read all about it.  If you don't find it, let me know and I will send it to you.
One part of the legend is that the great hound would be heard/seen on the death of a Vaughan.  My great aunt heard this -- so the story goes -- snuffling in the passageway -- and the next day learnt of the death of a Vaughan.
This legend formed the basis for Conan Doyle's The House of the Baskervilles -- he was often in Herefordshire.

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