From the Archives – Warwickshire in the Dark Ages
This article by Carol Smart first appeared in the pages of Kenilworth History back in 1995: WARWICKSHIRE IN THE DARK AGES, SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS by Carol Smart "The Dark Ages"…
The Society has over the years published a rich catalogue of articles from back issues of Kenilworth History from 1981 to 2015 on a wide variety of topics. We’ll be publishing selected articles from our archives here on a periodic basis in our From the Archives feature. See here for more information on back issues of Kenilworth History: www.khas.co.uk/khas-booklet-2015/
The Blacklow Hill Dig – Part Four
When we left Part Three of this Blacklow Hill ‘From the Archives’ feature it was June 1972 ad the dig had concluded but the official report remained unpublished. The extent to…
The Blacklow Hill Dig – Part Three
When we left the story in Part 2 of this mini-series, the dig team were coming to terms with the scale and importance of the discoveries on Blacklow Hill, and…
The Blacklow Hill Dig – Part Two
When we left the story in Part 1 of this mini-series, the Society was grappling with the somewhat underwhelming task of digging and recording a bit of a backwater site…
The Blacklow Hill Dig – Part One
Introduction – The Importance of Blacklow Hill What follows is part one of four of the remarkable story of how KHAS came to be involved in the discovery of stunning…
From the Archives – Parliament Piece, Kenilworth – A Metal Detector Survey
The piece of open land known as Parliament Piece, sandwiched between Upper spring Lane and the Coventry Road, is the subject of a bit of local myth and legend. One persistent myth…
From the Archives: The Brays
We know a great deal of the phases of development of Kenilworth Castle itself, but what of its enigmatic counterpart known as The Brays? Was it a hastily constructed rampart…
From the Archives: Anyone for Tennis?
Kenilworth's role as a royal residence meant that it was often at the centre of events of national and even world importance. A classic example is the story of the…
From the Archives: Kenilworth Windmills
The following article was first published in Kenilworth History 2000 - 2001 by Rob Steward. If you were of the understanding that there was but one windmill in Kenilworth, then…
From the Archives: Last Night at ‘The Globe’
The moving story below was first published in the 2003 / 2004 edition of the Society's Kenilworth History publication, written by Roy Stanley. It tells the story of the tragic events…