Kenton | |
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Location within Devon | |
Population | 933 (2019) |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
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 | |
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]