Kenilworth Abbey Warwickshire antique print 1787

The remains of Kenilworth Abbey aka St Mary’s Abbey, of Kenilworth, Warwickshire, are situated in the grounds of St Nicholas’ Church and in an adjacent area of Abbey Fields. A priory for Augustinian canons was built on this site in about 1124 by Geoffrey de Clinton, which is about the same time as he built Kenilworth Castle. The abbey was dismantled at the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Original copper-plate engraved print from ‘The Antiquities of England and Wales’ by Francis Grose, dated in the plate 9th. June 1787. Paper size approx. 10.75 x 8 inches. Excellent condition. A rare item.