Monuments Associated with Kilcock

Monuments Associated with Kilcock

Medieval Church Site

St. Cocas Grave-yard is on the site of the early Christan centre and is a listed monument. The outline of the Medieval Church is in the centre of the burial-ground and it is thought to be on the site of the 7th century St. Coca’s Church. The medieval Church built by the Knights Hospitallers in the 14th century was demolished in 1870.

St Cocas Holy Well

The site of St Cocas Well is situated in an area southeast of the Graveyard. It is likely this well pre-dates the coming of Christianity. For centuries on 5th June an annual pattern would take place at the well on the feast day of St Coca. Unfortunately it was closed off to the public in the 1840s.

Kilcock Medieval Font

The Kilcock medieval font dates from the 15th century and was in the Medieval Church in the town until 1870 when it was moved to the new St Patrick’s Church a short distance away. This Church was de-consecrated in 1991 and the font is now in St Mary’s Church in Maynooth.

The Font is three foot four inches in height and octagonal in shape. There are carvings of shields on the eight panels of the bowl. There are human faces carved on three panels of the chamfer, three other panels are blank and the two remaining panels have animal faces.

Kilcock Market Cross

Kilcock market cross is sited in the centre of the towns Fair Green. It escaped destruction during the Cromwellian period but was destroyed by Yeomen in 1798 when they reoccupied the town following the rebellion. In 1810 in order to protect the base of the cross local people buried it in the Fair Green.

It was re-discovered in 1890 by Fr. McCray a curate in the town who then moved it to the side of the Fair Green. Two archaeologists examined the stone in 1998 and confirmed it was a cross base. The following year a millennium project carried out by Kilcock Traders Association restored the monument by re-erecting a cross on the cross-base and mounting it in the centre of the Fair-Green.