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Rh KENDALSHIRE. 384 KENILWORTH. infant schools. There are places of worship for Roman Catholics, Independents, Wesleyans, Presbyterians, Unitarians, Primitive Methodists, Congregationalists, Christian Brethren, Inghamites, and Quakers. Among the antiquities of the place are the remains of two an- cient chapels, and of St. Leonard's Hospital, which was given by William de Lancaster to Conyngeshead Priory, but now the property of the Lowthers. On Helse Hill are traces of a camp, and in the vicinity ara several ancient mansions, as Dockwray Hall, formerly the seat of the Dockwray family, and Abbot's Hall, formerly belonging to St. Mary's Abbey, York. During the yeai 1598, the plague carried off upwards of 2,500 inhabitants, James I. visited the town in 1616, and the Pretender passed through the place in 1745. Among the celebrated men born here may be mentioned Richard de Kendal, the grammarian, Bishop Potter, Dean Potter, his nephew, Shaw, the traveller, Sir G. Wharton, W. Walker, the astronomer, and Hudson and Wilson, the botanists. Kendal supports two newspapers, called the Kendal ilcr- cury and the Westmoreland Gazelle, both published on Saturday. Kendal was the head of a barony, held at the Conquest by Ivo de Talebois, and now gives the title of baron to the Herbert family. Saturday is market day. Fairs are held on the 22nd March, 29th April, 8th and 9th November for cattle and horses ; and in June, July, and August, for wool and cheese ; Whit-Saturday and Martinmas for the hiring of servants. Races take place in August. KENDALSHIRE, a limit, in the par. of Westerleigh, co. Gloucester, 2 miles S.W. of Chipping Sodbury. KENDERCHURCH, a par. in the hund. of Webtree, co. Hereford, 11 miles S.W. of Hereford, its post town, 2 8.E. of Abbey Dore, and 1 mile N.W. of Pontrilas railway station. The village, which is small, is situated on the river Dore, and is wholly agricultural. The parish is crossed by the road from Hereford to Aber- gavenny, and also by a tram-road, which runs parallel with it. The land is nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture, with a small extent of woodland. The tithes were purchased by the landowners at the commencement of the present century. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 58. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient stone struc- ture, built on an eminence, and has lately been restored. It has a small belfry containing one bell. Colonel Scudamore is lord of the manor. KENDROCHAD. See BIIIDOEND, co. Perth. KENELM, ST., a chplry. in the par. of Halesowen, hund. of Brimstreo, co. Worcester, 2 miles S.W. of Halesowen. This place derives its name from Kenelm, King of Mercia, who, in 819, when seven years old, was murdered by his sister, Quendreda, and buried in Clent wood. It includes the tnshps. of Hunnington and Romsley. The living is a don. cur. in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 125, in the patron, of the Vicar of Halesowen. The church is a small structure, of the time of Henry III., with a pointed tower, and old Saxon door, belonging to the former church. Over the S. entrance is some ancient sculpture, and on the S. wall a sculptured figure of a child crowned, said to represent ' St. Kenelm, who was canonised after his death. KENETHMONT. See KINNBTHMONT, co. Aberdeen. KENFIGG, a par. in the hund. of Newcastle, co. Glamorgan, 6 miles W. of Bridgend. It is situated on the coast, near Murgam Abbey, which belonged to Jestyn-ap-Gurgam, and includes the tnshp. of Lower Kenfigg, and the ext. par. place of Skerr. In the parish is a freshwater lake, nearly 2 miles in circuit, and several rabbit warrens. The town and ancient castle were partially destroyed by an inundation, which took place in the 16th century. It is now an insignificant hamlet, but contains a townhall, and is nominally go- verned by a portreeve and recorder. Tinder the Reform Bill it includes part of Trissient, and is a contributory borough to Swansea in returning one member to parlia- ment. The living is a vie. united with that of Pyle, in the dioc. of Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. There are traces of the Roman road Via Julia, and near it two ancient stones, one in- scribed with the words "Poinpeius Carantorius," fol- lowed by an inscription in Ogham characters. KENFIGG, HIGHER, a hmlt. in the par. of Mar- gam, co. Glamorgan, 3 miles from Kenfigg, and 7 W. of Bridgend. KENIL WORTH, a div. of the hund. of Knightlow, co. Warwick, contains the pars, of Ashow, Bagington, Bubbenhall, Cubbington, Harbury, Kenilworth, Lea- mington Priors, Leek-Wootton, Lillington, Milverton, Offchurch, Radford Semele, Stoneleigli, Ufton, Whit- nash, with part of Bishop's Tachbrook, comprising about 38,000 acres. KENILWORTH, a par. and small town in the Kenilworth div. of the hund. of Knightlow, co. AVarwick, 4 miles N. of Warwick, and 101 N.N.W. of London. It is a station on the London and North-AVestern branch line of railway. The par., which is of large extent, ia situated in a champaign country between Coventry and Warwick, and contains the hmlt. of Redfem. It was anciently called Kenehcorda, and was part of Stone- leigh prior to the Norman Conquest. After that event it was given by Henry I. to Geoffrey de Clinton, who founded an Austin priory for canons regular, which had a revenue at the Dissolution of 643 14s. 9lrf. The sumo Geoffrey, shortly after the founding of the monastery, rebuilt the castle on the site of an earlier Saxon fortress. This castle was sold by his grandson to Henry III., who conferred it with the hand of his sister Eleanor on Simon do Moiitfort, Earl of Leicester, by whom it was greatly enlarged and strongly forti- fied. After the defeat of the earl at the battle of Evcsham, the castle held out, under his younger son Simon, against all the royal forces, commanded by the king in person, for six months, but was at length reduced by famine. It was then conferred by the king on Prince Edmund, afterwards created Earl of Leicester, who in 1278 held a grand tournament within its walls, at which one hundred knights and many ladies wearing "silk mantles" assisted. In 1327 it was the scene of I the abdication and imprisonment of Edward II. It was considerably enlarged by John of Gaunt, Duke of Lan- caster, whose son becoming king, the castle reverted to j the crown. Queen Elizabeth gave it to her favourite, Dudley Earl of Leicester, by whom the gatehouse was built, and who also erected the gallery tower and j Mortimer's tower at each extremity of the tilt-yard, and I after having completed and embellished the castle at a prodigious expense, entertained the Queen and her whole court for seventeen days, as related in Sir Walter Scott's "Kenilworth," where the best account of the place is to be found. During the civil war of Charles 1. it was taken possession of by Cromwell, and finally dis- mantled. The remains, covered with ivy, consisting Cassar's tower, the walls of which are 16 feet thick, built by Geoffrey de Clinton, the keep, banqucting-hall. feet by 45, with three windows almost entire, &c., form the principal attraction of the town. It contains a bank, institute, reading society, and police station. Kenilworth was once noted for its extensive manufacture of combs, which of late has considerably dccrcv The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of AVorcestn, al. 280, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. Th- parish church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is an am edifice, with a square embattled tower crowned vi : spire. The church has several doorways, and contains a very antique font, also monuments and a crest of the Dudley family. In addition to the parish church ti A a district church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, the living of which is a perpet. cur.,* val. 50, in patron, of the trustees. The now church of St. John, I erected by subscription at the cost of 3,000, was I opened in 1852. It is a stone structure, with a t containing one bell. The parochial charities pi- ilnce about 137 per annum. The Independents, Bajii Wesleyans, Roman Catholics, and Unitarians have < a chapel. There are National, British, infant, and live schools. The views from Kenilworth Castle arc n varied, forming one of the principal attractions of Kenil-