Cumnor House and Little Cumnor, Abbey Hill, Kenilworth
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Cumnor House and Little Cumnor, Abbey Hill, Kenilworth
Image: © John Brightley Taken: 16 Apr 2010
Little Cumnor is the house on the left - recently refurbished (2009). The main road turns the corner from Abbey Hill (on the left) to Abbey End (on the right). Cumnor House may have been named after Cumnor Place, Cumnor, Oxfordshire, which in 1560 was the scene of the death and suspected murder of Amy Robsart, the wife of Lord Robert Dudley, who owned Kenilworth Castle. See http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/articles/inman-robsart.htm The story inspired Sir Walter Scott's novel 'Kenilworth', published in 1821. The great popularity of the book drew a lot of Victorian tourists to the town.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.344883
Longitude
-1.581305