KHAS Research

This website was compiled by KHAS in 2025 using information from the 3rd edition of the "Memorials" publication, with valuable assistance from Ian Fenwick. Ian also took the photographs of the gravestones that appear on this website and, in 2025, assigned the copyright to KHAS.

"Making the graveyard data accessible online ensures that family historians, researchers, and the wider community can more easily explore these Kenilworth burial records."
Tony Shakespeare, KHAS Chairman
The introduction to the printed work is reproduced below.

Introduction

This is the third edition of this valuable work. The first edition laid the groundwork; the second edition was a cosmetic improvement undertaken by the Editor of the KHAS, to remove typographical errors and inconsistencies. However, this third edition is a complete revision.

The original recording of the memorial inscriptions in the Churchyard of St. Nicholas, Kenilworth was the work of many members of the Society, and some non-members, between 1976 and 1981, co-ordinated by the late Fred Prescott Those devoted field workers were:

  • Gwen Prescott
  • Andrew Holdcroft
  • Steven Wallsgrove
  • Irene Potter
  • Harry Sunley
  • Harry Bodenham
  • Pat Bodenham
  • Helen Machell
  • Richard Storey

A location plan was also surveyed by the late Dr. Mick Cooper and the original listing was prepared by Fred Prescott and Richard Storey. The Society’s thanks were due to the then Vicar of St. Nicholas’ Church, the Rev. Canon Frank Bull, for his co-operation with the project. Further details & family histories are currently available from the work of the late Mrs I Potter of Kenilworth. Latterly, the Reverend Richard Awre, vicar until his retirement in 2015, and his churchwardens have been wholly supportive of this new and even more extensive survey.

The current work has been undertaken by Ian Fenwick who has checked all the entries in the second edition against the evidence on the ground. In addition, he has

  • identified the stone from which each memorial is constructed and
  • established that several stones are no longer extant, possibly because they were prone and are now covered completely by vegetation, and
  • recorded the present condition of the memorials