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Kenilworth history
Medieval and Tudor
A settlement existed at Kenilworth by the time of the 1086 Domesday Book, which records it as Chinewrde. Geoffrey de Clinton initiated the building of an Augustinian priory in 1122. The priory was raised to the rank of an abbey in 1450 and suppressed with the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s. Between June and December 1266, as part of the Second Barons’ War, the castle underwent a six-month siege, when baronial forces allied to Simon de Montfort were besieged in the castle by the Royalist forces.
17th and 18th centuries
During the English Civil War, Kenilworth Castle was occupied by Parliamentarians, after the Royalist garrison was withdrawn. After the end of the war, the castle’s defences were slighted on the orders of Parliament in 1649, after which the castle became a ruin. Windmill was converted into a water tower in 1884, and continued to be the town’s main water supply until 1939. It is still a local landmark, but is now a private home.
19th century to present
In the early 19th century Kenilworth was known for its horn comb making industry, which peaked in the 1830s. The arrival of the railway in 1844 brought industrialists from Birmingham and Coventry, to develop the residential area around the town’s railway station. The railway also brought a number of new industries to the town, such as tanning, brick making, and chemicals. During the Blitz in World War II, a German aircraft dropped two parachute mines on the town.
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