1 Laneham mentions a great wooden bridge built across the great N arm of the Mere. Laneham records that Lord Leicester built a ‘fayre tymbred bridge’ 14 feet (4.2m) wide ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of a Post Medieval bridge associated with Kenilworth Castle. It was built of timber across the north arm of the Mere. The site lies to the north of Castle Green.
1 A drovers road with wide verges for pasturing animals. The road winds its way through farming country, generally avoiding centres of population. Road is mentioned on 18th ...
A trackway or drove road, known as the Welsh Way, which has existed since the Medieval or Post Medieval period. It was used by drovers to move cattle to the markets. The Leamington Road out of Kenilworth now marks the line of the trackway.
1 A turnpike road established between 1750 and 1774.
The line of a toll road and the site of a toll gate which was in use during the Imperial period. The road is now known as the Birmingham Road which leaves Kenilworth from the north west.
Glasshouse Lane
This lane lead to Glasshouse Wood where John Timms operated glass kilns in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It appears as the “Road to the Glasshouse” in ...
Adcock Drive
This road commemorates Councillor Florence Adcock (above), the first lady Mayor of Kenilworth in 1979. It was built in part of the former grounds of Park House, which was ...
Bertie Road
Construction of this road started in 1885 and was completed in 1886 as a cul-de-sac from Waverley Road. It was named after Hubert Clarke, son of landowner William, one-time ...
Caesar Road
Caesar Road commemorates Caesar Tower, the 16th century name for the Keep of Kenilworth Castle. It was registered in 1963 (the road, not the tower!).
Rouncil Lane
This is the longest ...
Fancott Drive
This was first recorded in 1987 and was developed by the High Street bakers A.S. Fancott (established 1825) at the rear of the bakery, over an existing lane generally ...
Kenilworth Ford in Castle Road floods regularly and these two photographs show that things have not changed much in nearly 100 years in spite of regular flood alleviation measures. The ...
1 Signal box marked on 1886 map.
The site of a railway signal box which was built in the Imperial period and which is no longer in use. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 and is situated on the Common, Kenilworth.
1 LNWR Kenilworth-Berskwell branch marked on 1886 map.
The site of the Kenilworth to Berkswell branch of the LNWR railway, in use during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.