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'{{Infobox UK place |country = England |latitude= 52.2729 |longitude= -2.9411 | population = 71 | population_ref = <ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Herefordshire County Council Bus|url=http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/docs/2001_Parish_Populations.pdf| accessdate=1 February 2008 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070929092951/http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/docs/2001_Parish_Populations.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 29 September 2007}}</ref> |official_name= Kinsham |unitary_england= [[Herefordshire]] |region= West Midlands |lieutenancy_england= [[Herefordshire]] |constituency_westminster= [[North Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Herefordshire]] |post_town= PRESTEIGNE |postcode_district = LD8 |postcode_area = LD |dial_code= 01544 |os_grid_reference= SO358642 | static_image_name = Geograph-846923.jpg | static_image_caption = A [[Kart racing]] track near Kinsham with Cole's Hill behind | static_image_alt = <!-- for a description of the image per [[WP:ALT]] --> }} The village of '''Kinsham''' lies in the wooded hills of [[Herefordshire]], England in the [[Marches]] near to the border with [[Wales]] and near the town of [[Presteigne]]. Surrounding villages include [[Stapleton, Herefordshire|Stapleton]] and [[Lingen, Herefordshire|Lingen]]. Kinsham lies on the [[River Lugg]]. The 2001 census records that 71 people lived in the parish of Kinsham, of whom 32 were male and 39 female. ==History== There is evidence of human occupation as far back as the [[Bronze Age]] at a round [[tumulus|barrow]] ({{gbmappingsmall|SO34006400}})<ref>[http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/hsmr/db.php?SF=1&parish_1=KINSHAM Historic Herefordshire On-Line: Sites and Monuments Record database<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> On either 2nd or 3 February 1461 the [[Battle of Mortimer's Cross]] was fought downstream from Kinsham. In the aftermath of the battle Lancastrian soldiers retreated up the river Lugg and were trapped where the river gorge narrows at Kinsham. Local folklore states the river ran red with the blood of the soldiers when they were killed.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2008/06/09/mortimer_battle.shtml</ref> In 1868 the village was described thus:<br /> {{cquote|UPPER KINSHAM, a parish in the hundred of Wigmore, county Hereford, 3 miles N.E. of Presteigne, its post town, 7 from [[Kington, Herefordshire|Kington]], and 12 from [[Leominster]]. It is situated on the river Lug, and on the [[Turnpike trust|turnpike]] road from [[Leintwardine]] to Presteigne. The land is partly in [[hops]]. The soil is very inferior in quality. The living is a donative [[curacy]] in the [[diocese]] of Hereford, value £15. The church is a modern structure with a [[Bell tower|belfry]]. The chancel contains [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheons]] of the Oxford and [[Mortimer]] families. Kinsham Court is partly in ruins. Kinsham Dingle is a favourite resort for pleasure seekers on account of its scenery. LOWER KINSHAM, a township in the parish of Presteigne, county Hereford, 2 miles E. of Presteigne. It is a small agricultural place. }} ''The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland''<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/Kinsham/Gaz1868.html GENUKI: Upper Kinsham, Herefordshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==Kinsham Court== The [[mansion]] of [[Kinsham Court]] is near the village. [[Lord Byron]] lived here 1812–13 and here wrote the first two [[canto]]s of [[Childe Harold]]. [[Florence Nightingale]] spent part of her childhood at the house. [[Edwardian]] owner, Sir [[John Stanhope Arkwright]] (of the famous textiles family), wrote the [[hymn]] ''O Valiant Hearts''.<ref>http://www.thisisthemidlands.co.uk/midlands/features/MIDLANDS_FEATURES_HTSOCB22.html</ref> <br />The mansion lies in a landscape park.<ref>[http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/hsmr/db.php/e/period_Post%20medieval/parish_Kinsham/type_Landscape%20Park Historic Herefordshire On-Line: Sites and Monuments Record database<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [http://www.johnpiper.org.uk/lower-court-kinsham-herefordshire-1981.htm Picture of Lower Court, Kinsham by John Piper] ==Church== [[File:All Saints Church, Kinsham-geograph.org.uk-2504516.jpg|thumb|All Saints church]] The [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/kinsham-all-saints/ village church] is next to Kinsham Court and is still regularly used. It is of 14th-century origin with evidence of 18th-century woodwork. It is an [[Anglican]] church dedicated to [[All Saints' Day|All Saints]]<ref>[http://www.westgallerychurches.com/Herefs/indexherfd.html West Gallery Churches: Index for Herefordshire<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and is a Grade II* listed building.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1081486| title= Name: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS List entry Number: 1081486 |publisher= Historic England|accessdate = 2 May 2015}}</ref> The parish is now part of the benefice of Presteigne with Discoed, Kinsham, Lingen & Knill, with the Priest resident in Presteigne. ==Recreation== The [[Herefordshire Trail]] [[long-distance trail|long distance footpath]] crosses the [[River Lugg]] in the village and then climbs Cole's Hill.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Titley-Leintwardine Taster Walks | publisher = [[Herefordshire Trail]] | url = http://www.herefordshiretrail.com/routes-info/05/index-walks.html | accessdate = 2010-08-22}}</ref> There is a [[Kart racing]] track just west of the village.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Kinsham Raceway Go Karting Track | publisher = UK Go-Karting | url = http://www.kinshamraceway.co.uk/ | accessdate = 2010-08-22}}</ref> ==Notable residents== *[[Chaz Davies]], [[MotoGP]] rider.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Chaz Davies Website|url=http://www.chaz-davies.com/index.php| accessdate=1 February 2008}}</ref> Mrs Susan Wood ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category inline|Kinsham}} {{Herefordshire|state=collapsed}} [[Category:Villages in Herefordshire]]'