Kenton, Devon

Kenton
Kenton
	Kenton Location within Devon
Population	1,005 (2011)
District	Teignbridge;
Shire county	Devon;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EXETER
Postcode district	EX6
Dialling code	01626
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Teignbridge;
	List of places UK England Devon 50°38′N 3°28′W / 50.64°N 3.47°WCoordinates: 50°38′N 3°28′W / 50.64°N 3.47°W

Kenton is a village and civil parish located near Exeter, the capital of Devon, England. It has two restaurants, a pub, two hairdressers, a primary school, a mediaeval church and is near Powderham Castle.

The centre of the village was rebuilt in brick immediately after a fire on 16 April 1856 which destroyed 24 dwellings.^[1]^[2]

The 14th-century All Saints Church is built of red sandstone with arcades of Beer stone. John Betjeman judged it to be "the full-aisled Devon plan at its best", with a "handsome" tower, and praised the rood screen, which retains ancient colour, and the figure-paintings. The pulpit is medieval; the reredos is by Charles Eamer Kempe.^[3] The tower clock, installed in 1900, chimes on the hours and the quarters; in 2021 it was muffled after a complaint led to a determination that it exceeded permitted noise levels.^[4] The adjacent almshouses were built in 1875.^[1]

Twin towns[]

Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay (France) since 1996^[5]^[6]
Linkebeek (Belgium) since 1996^[5]^[6]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Bond, Ann (2012). "The 'Great Fire' of Kenton and the Victorian Rebuilding: the making of a distinctive architectural heritage". Aspects of Devon History. Devon History Society. pp. 265–77. ISBN 978-0-903766-02-9.
^ "Kenton history and heritage". Retrieved 9 April 2021.
^ Betjeman, John, ed. (1968). Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South. London: Collins. p. 162.
^ "Kenton church clock muffled after noise complaint". BBC News. 12 June 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Le comité de Jumelage" (in French). saintlambertdulattay.fr. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Jumelage" (in French). linkebeek.info. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

External links[]

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[Bond-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Bond, Ann (2012). "The 'Great Fire' of Kenton and the Victorian Rebuilding: the making of a distinctive architectural heritage". Aspects of Devon History. Devon History Society. pp. 265–77. ISBN 978-0-903766-02-9.

[2] "Kenton history and heritage". Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[3] Betjeman, John, ed. (1968). Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South. London: Collins. p. 162.

[4] "Kenton church clock muffled after noise complaint". BBC News. 12 June 2021.

[jumelage1-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Le comité de Jumelage" (in French). saintlambertdulattay.fr. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

[jumelage2-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Jumelage" (in French). linkebeek.info. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

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Kenton

Kenton Location within Devon
Population	1,005 (2011)
District	Teignbridge
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EXETER
Postcode district	EX6
Dialling code	01626

Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western

UK Parliament	Teignbridge
List of places UK England Devon 50°38′N 3°28′W / 50.64°N 3.47°W / 50.64; -3.47Coordinates: 50°38′N 3°28′W / 50.64°N 3.47°W / 50.64; -3.47