The Clock Tower
Abbey Fields |
Beating of the Bounds
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High Street
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Kenilworth Castle
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Kenilworth War Memorial
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Virginia
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Millennium Walks |
Nature
Reserves
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Stoneleigh Abbey |
Stoneleigh Park
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St
Nicholas' Church
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The Clock Tower
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The Old School House
The clock stands at the head of Warwick Road by Abbey End,
and was presented to Kenilworth in 1906 by G.W. Turner as a
memorial to his late wife.
The
inscription for the plaque at Abbey End reads:
"Near this spot stood the Globe Hotel,
destroyed by enemy action
on the night of 21 November 1940
killing 28 people.
Their known names are recorded
On a tablet in the cemetery chapel"
The upper part of the clock was damaged by a landmine in
1940 which also destroyed the Globe Hotel next to the site
(now Abbey End).The area surrounding the clock tower has
recently been refurbished.
Old photos from the archive on windows on Warwickshire show
the clock tower as it was just after the war with it’s
landmine damage.
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