Kenilworth, town, Warwick District, Warwickshire, central England. Kenilworth is largely a residential area with some light industry. The town grew around a castle founded in the early 12th century. In 1562Elizabeth I gave the castle to her favorite, Robert Dudley, 1st earl of Leicester. Although it was largely dismantled by Oliver Cromwell's forces after 1648, the castle was later celebrated in the romance Kenilworth by the Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott. Population (1991) 21,623.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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