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Kenilworth Castle is a castle in the town of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, England, managed by English Heritage; much of it is in ruins. The castle was founded after the Norman Conquest of 1066; with development through to the Tudor period .
Kenilworth Castle's structure was unique and contributed to the longevity of the siege.The castle was a formidable structure due to its heavy defences. [2] The most notable defence was a dam to the south of the castle, across which a causeway led from the entrance to the bailey and keep.
Kenilworth Castle The ruins of the gatehouse of Kenilworth Abbey. A settlement existed at Kenilworth by the time of the 1086 Domesday Book, which records it as Chinewrde. [2] Geoffrey de Clinton (died 1134) initiated the building of an Augustinian priory in 1122, [3] which coincided with his initiation of Kenilworth Castle. [4]
The Princely Pleasures, at the Court at Kenilworth (1576) by George Gascoigne, is an account of courtly entertainments held by Robert Dudley, the first Earl of Leicester upon Queen Elizabeth I’s three weeks visit to his Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire in 1575.
A priory for Augustinian canons was built on this site in about 1124 by Geoffrey de Clinton, [1] which is about the same time as he built Kenilworth Castle.Gardens and pools were made near to the priory, and the priory gained additional land as gifts from Geoffrey de Clinton.
Kenilworth's new Castle Farm Recreation Centre is to open after the former building was demolished.
RMS Kenilworth Castle was a British Passenger ship that served for the Union-Castle Line until its scrapping in 1937. It also served as a troop transport during the First World War. [1] This was also the last ship Titanic-lookout Reginald Lee served on before his death in 1913. [2]
In June 1563 the Queen granted him Kenilworth Manor, Castle, and Park, together with the lordships of Denbigh and Chirk in North Wales. Other grants were to follow. [ 87 ] Eventually, Leicester and his elder brother Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick , came to preside over the greatest aristocratic interest in the West Midlands and North Wales.