Kenilworth
a market-town of Warwickshire, England, on a small subaffluent of the Avon. The castle, founded about 1120 by Geoffrey de Clinton, was defended for six months (1265- 1266) by Simon de Montfort's son, and passed by marriage (1359) to John of Gaunt, and so to his son, Henry IV. It continued a crown possession till in 1563 Elizabeth conferred it on Leicester.
Dismantled by the Roundheads, the castle has belonged since the Restoration to the Earls of Clarendon. Its noble ruins comprise "Cæsar's Tower," the original Norman keep; Mervyn's Tower and the Great Hall, both built by John of Gaunt.
Tanning is the chief industry. Pop. about 6,000.
KENLIS. See KELLS.