Pounding The Streets

WALKING from Kenilworth Castle through the old town towards the ruins of an abbey takes one past something that almost every English village once had - a pound.

Kenilworth Pound

This is where stray animals, especially livestock, were, as the name suggests, impounded until their owners turned up.

Often there was a fee to pay for an impounded creature's keep, and possibly a fine if the stray had caused damage.

I have almost certainly seen such a pound before, but cannot recall doing so, which meant this made a for a pleasing bit of personal 'history'.