Site of the former Kenilworth Pound

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Site of the former Kenilworth Pound

Image: © Jaggery Taken: 8 Aug 2018

On the south side of High Street Kenilworth. The information board on the right records that this was one of two animal pounds in Kenilworth. This one was first mentioned in 1642. Pound in this sense derives from the Anglo-Saxon pund, meaning enclosure. Nearly every village once had an animal pound where stray animals were kept at the expense of the owner until he paid the fine - an amount claimed by the person onto whose land the animals had strayed, for damage done. A feeding and watering fee was also due to the pound keeper. If unclaimed after three weeks, impounded animals were sold at the nearest market. The proceeds went to the impounder and pound keeper.

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