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A vision of Britain through time
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KENELM (ST.), a chapelry in Halesowen parish, Worcester; 2 miles SW of Halesowen, and 2½ ENE of Hagley r. station. It is conterminate with Romsley township, and was constituted in 1841. Post town, Halesowen, under Birmingham. Pop., 377. Houses, 91. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £125. * Patron, the Vicar of Halesowen. The church stands on the spot where the body of Kenelm, prince of Mercia, was found; succeeded a previous church of Saxon date; is itself of the time of Henry III.; retains a Saxon door of the previous church; has a fine pointed tower; and shows, on the S wall, a sculptured figure of a crowned child, said to represent St. Kenelm. Kenelm was the son of Kenulf, king of Mercia; was murdered, when 7 years old, by his sister Quendrida; and was canonised after his death.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Worcestershire AncC |
| Place names: | KENELM ST | ST KENELM |
| Place: | Romsley |
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