1 A flint found in a garden in 1965.
2 ?Smokey-coloured flint suggested Neolithic-Bronze Age period.
Findspot - a flint tool of Neolithic or Bronze Age date was found in a garden in Highland Road, Kenilworth.
1 The group of cottages known as Little Virginia lies immediately to the E of Kenilworth Castle: traditionally the buildings are Elizabethan (said to have been put up by the ...
A group of eight detatched cottages, 15 buildings in total, which are believed to have been built during the Post Medieval period. They were renovated in the late 20th century and archaeological investigation dated several walls to the 17th century. They are situated on Castle Hill.
1 Area marked with hachures and labelled ‘Old Gravel Pit’.
2 Nothing further discovered. The area is now arable.
The possible site of a quarry dating to the Imperial period and marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 as 'Old Gravel Pit'. It is located 700m south west of the cemetery, Kenilworth.
1 ‘Bulkington Brick Works’ marked.
2 No buildings are marked. The area is now partly garden and partly arable field, with no surface indication of the site.
The site of Bulkington brick/tile works. They date to the Imperial period, and are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The site is south west of Rounds Hill, Kenilworth.
1 The only reference to the Vicarage, presumably built in the 1850’s as it was attached to St John’s Church which was built in 1852, is on the 1886 OS ...
The site of the Vicarage built during the Imperial period and which is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. A housing estate now stands on this site, though when the Vicarage was demolished is not known. It was situated 400m west of the cricket ground, Kenilworth.
1 ‘Smithy’ marked.
2 The building is still standing as a domestic dwelling, but there is no sign of it having been a smithy.
The site of a forge which was in use during the Imperial period and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. A building still stands on the site though there is no obvious evidence that it was once a forge. It is located on Castle Hill.
1 A quarry is marked on the 1886 OS map. No further reference to it was found.
2 The land is now occupied by a modern house and garden.
The site of a quarry which was in use in the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The site has now built upon and is located off Love Lane, Kenilworth.
1 A group of buildings is labelled ‘Brick Works Kilns’.
2 No further information was forthcoming and there is no sign of the site now, the land being used as tennis ...
The site of brickworks from the Imperial period which are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. No surface evidence remains. The works were 300m north of Ladyes Hills, Kenilworth.
1 ‘Townpool Bridge’ marked.
2 A bridge marked in this location.
3 Bridge of red sandstone, spanning the Finham Brook and an area to each side of the stream, with a flood ...
Townpool Bridge, the site of a Post Medieval bridge , which was marked on a map of 1692, and on an Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The present footbridge is of red sandstone, and crosses the Finham Brook at the southern end of Bridge Street.
1 The only reference to this site is on the 1886 OS map where a sundial is marked as being in the grounds of a house called Parkfield which stood ...
A sundial once stood within the grounds of a house that stood on this site. The house has now been demolished but it, and the sundial, are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The sundial was situated at Park Hill, Kenilworth.
1 ‘Saw Mill’ marked.
2 There is no sign of the building now, a modern house/garden stands on the site.
The site of a saw mill which was in use during the Imperial period and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1905. On the site there now stands a modern house and garden. The mill was located 100m north of the castle.
1 ‘Smithy’ marked.
2 The land is now a modern house and garden.
The site of a forge in use during the Imperial period and which is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1905. A modern house and garden now stand on the site which is situated 100m north of the castle.
1 On the 1905 OS map, an area centred on the above NGR is recorded as being the ‘Old Sand Pit’.
2 Nothing further was discovered about the site, but one ...
The site of a quarry which was in use during the Imperial period and which is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1905 as 'Old Sand Pit'. Earthworks are still visible at the site, which is situated 300m east of Abbey Fields.
1 ‘Saw Mill’ marked.
2 Nothing remains of the building and the area is now the back garden of a couple of houses.
The site of a saw mill which was in use during the Imperial period and which is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1905. The rear gardens of modern houses now occupy the site that is situated 100m south of The Common, off Dalehouse Lane, Kenilworth.
1 A building is shown here on a 1781 Estate map, and two pieces of land immediately adjoining and behind it are called ‘Workhouse Close’ and ‘Workhouse Land’.
2 The South ...
The site of the workhouse which housed the poor of the parish during the Imperial period. A building and two fields called 'Workhouse Close' and 'Workhouse Land' are marked on an Estate Map of 1781. The probable remains of the workhouse were revealed during excavation at The Blundells, Albion Street, Kenilworth.
1 Field called Marlpit meadow.
2 No evidence now for the site, which is under crop.
The possible site of a quarry which is marked as Marlpit Meadow on an estate map of 1830. It was located 500m south west of the football ground, Kenilworth.
1 ‘Brickkiln close’ marked.
2 There are no indications of the site today.
The site of brick/tile works from the Imperial period, which are indicated on an estate map of 1886. No surface evidence survives. The site was 200m northeast of Victoria Spinney, Kenilworth.
1 A house with outbuildings is shown and the fields behind are labelled: 1: House, Malthouse, Yards, Garden and 2 Malthouse Close.
2 The building no longer exists and the site ...
The site of a malt house which is marked on an estate map of 1820 along with a house, a yard and gardens plus two fields called 'Malthouse close'. The library now occupies the site in Smalley Place, Kenilworth.
1 The ‘site of’ Bakehouse Pool is marked.
2 No further reference was found even in discussions of the water system of the Castle. The date/nature/use of the pool is uncertain, ...
The site of Bakehouse Pool, which was possibly a mill pond of Medieval or Post Medieval date. It is no longer visible, but was situated in the north east part of Abbey Fields, Kenilworth.
1 This site (like WA3290), is recorded only by a local antiquarian in the last century: after a lengthy and rather vague description of the actual spot where the earthwork ...
The site of a mound, possibly of Prehistoric date, which was described in the 1800s. The mound is no longer visible and it is not possible to say exactly what it may have been. A modern housing estate now occupies the site in Berkeley Road, Kenilworth.
1 There is no actual date for the instigation of the ford, but certainly it has existed for a couple of hundred years (and possibly it goes back to Medieval ...
The site of a ford which has been in use since at least the Imperial period and may date back to the Medieval period. The ford is still in use and a tarmac road runs through it, although the stone walls either side are much older. It is situated 200m east of Kenilworth Castle.
1 The great flood of 1673 – one of the worst floods ever in the town – destroyed the Medieval Packsaddle Bridge, which carried traffic across the brook to the ...
Packsaddle bridge, the site of a Medieval bridge destroyed by a flood in 1673. Traces of the stone abutments are still visible in the banks of Finham Brook, just west of the present iron footbridge in the Abbey Fields.
1 Kenilworth had two pounds (see PRN 3253). This one was on the S side of the High Street.
2 The pound is still standing. Set back off the front of ...
A pound which was used for penning livestock during the Imperial period. It is located on the south side of the High Street in Kenilworth.
1 At one time the old stocks were placed near the junction of School Lane and Bridge Street. According to a local man, they were in the playground in front ...
The site of stocks, in which the offender's wrists and/or ankles were held as a punishment. They dated to the Imperial period, and were located at the junction of Bridge Street and School Lane, Kenilworth. They were later moved to Borrowell Lane.