1 The watching brief on ground reduction and the excavation of foundation trenches for a new extension to the rear of the Clarendon Arms/Harrington’s Restautant recorded walling and part of ...
19th century walling and part of a modern quarry tile floor were recorded during the construction of a building extension. The walls were likely to have been part of a building shown on the 1905 OS map. The site lay immediately behind 38 Castle Hill, Kenilworth.
1 Here was the ‘Castle End’ pound. It was triangular in shape and part of the two N walls survive flanking the entrance path to a house in Borrow Well ...
The site of a pound used for penning livestock in the Imperial period. It was situated 50m north of the Police station, on the site of a modern hotel.
1 Smithy marked, 1923.
2 The building is still standing although it has been converted to a garage and is now called Forge Garage, Kenilworth.
The site of a forge which was in use from the Imperial through to the 20th century. The building has been converted to a garage and is situated at Mill End.
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 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 ‘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 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 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.
1 When the stocks were removed from Bridge Street, they were placed in Borrowell Lane, opposite the pound. This was apparently for two reasons: the large increase in traffic ...
The site of stocks, in which an offender's wrists and/or ankles were held as a punishment. These stocks, which dated to the Imperial period were earlier sited in Bridge Street. This site was in Smalley Place in front of the Police Station.
1 Virtually all the roads out of Kenilworth in the 19th century were turnpike roads: Drew seems to remember “a toll-gate type structure at the Brays end of the Tilt-yard, ...
The possible site of a toll gate which was in use during the Imperial period where travellers paid the toll for using the toll road. It was situated on Castle Road, Kenilworth.
1 Post Mill. Mill End (on hillock E of town centre). Built by 1787. Ceased early 19th century.
2 The area is now under a large modern housing estate.
The site of a windmill of the post mill type, in use during the Imperial period. It was situated in the area of Knowle Hill, which is now under housing.
1 Post Mill. Kenilworth Common. Built by 1787. Ceased by late 19th century.
2 Today the common is heavily wooded and no trace of the windmill could be found.
The site of a windmill of the post mill type, in use during the Imperial period. No surface trace is now visible at the site, 150m north east of Windmill Close, Ladyes Hill.
1 ‘Once a tannery’.
2 The above reference points to a building at the above grid reference. The site is now under modern buildings.
The possible site of a tannery which was in use during the Imperial period. It stood on Bridge Street, Kenilworth.
1 Chancel, nave, S aisle, vestry, and W tower. Erected at the S end of the town in 1852, when a new parish was created. A mixture of Gothic styles, ...
The church of St John the Evangelist was built during the Imperial period when a new parish was created. It is situated 400m north west of the cricket ground, Kenilworth.
1 This Roman Catholic church was built in 1841. The building contains not only the chapel, but also a presbytery and the parish rooms.
2 An evaluation report in response to ...
The Roman Catholic Church of St Francis was built during the Imperial. It is situated on Warwick Road, Castle End.
2 ‘Albion Chapel’ was built in 1829 by a Particular Baptist church which ceased to exist in 1874. The chapel was let to Plymouth Brethren until 1914 when it was ...
A nonconformist chapel, originally Baptist, built in the Imperial period. It is situated in Albion Street, Kenilworth.
3 In 1828-9 seceders from the Rosemary Hill meeting (PRN 3216) built a chapel which still stands behind its successor of 1872. The former chapel is of brick with two ...
A congregational church which was built in the Imperial period. It stands behind the chapel built to replace it in 1872. It is situated on Abbey Hill.
2 Former Presbyterian chapel. Built for a congregation which originated about 1700 and whose first meeting-house was erected in 1705. The present chapel was built in 1845, by which date ...
A former nonconformist chapel built in the Imperial period, now converted for use as a theatre. It is situated on Rosemary Hill, Kenilworth.