Kenton, Devon

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Kenton
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Population933 (2019)
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town EXETER
Postcode district EX6
Dialling code 01626
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50°38′N3°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.

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. "Splatt, Miss Edith | Devon History Society" . Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  5. "Kenton church clock muffled after noise complaint". BBC News. 12 June 2021.
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