Kenton, Devon

Village in Devon, England

Human settlement in England

Teignbridge

Devon

Region

South West

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Teignbridge

List of places: UK; England; Devon

50°38′N 3°28′W / 50.64°N 3.47°W / 50.64; -3.47

Kenton is a village and civil parish located near Exeter, the county town of Devon, England. It has one restaurant, 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]

Exeter's first woman councillor, Edith Splatt, was born here.^[4]

The tower clock, installed in 1900, chimes on the hours and the quarters throughout the day and night; in 2021 it was muffled when Teignbridge Council determined that it exceeded legally permitted noise levels.^[5] The adjacent almshouses were built in 1875.^[1]

Twin towns

Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay (France) since 1996^[6]^[7]
Linkebeek (Belgium) since 1996^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^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.
^ "Splatt, Miss Edith | Devon History Society". Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ "Kenton church clock muffled after noise complaint". BBC News. 12 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Le comité de Jumelage" (in French). saintlambertdulattay.fr. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Jumelage" (in French). linkebeek.info. Retrieved 12 November 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}