Kenton, Devon

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.

Kenton
Kenton Location within Devon
Population	3,087 (2001)
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

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

The church is dedicated to all of the saints and is a fine building of the 14th century. It is built of red sandstone and the arcades are of Beer stone. According to John Betjeman "the full-aisled Devon plan at its best". The tower is handsome and the rood screen is massive and stately with ancient colour and a good series of figure-paintings. The pulpit is medieval and the reredos is by Charles Eamer Kempe.[2] The adjacent almshouses were built in 1875.[1]

Twin towns

• Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay (France) since 1996[3][4]
• Linkebeek (Belgium) since 1996[3][4]

References

1. 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. Betjeman, John, ed. (1968). Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South. London: Collins. p. 162.
3. "Le comité de Jumelage" (in French). saintlambertdulattay.fr. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
4. "Jumelage" (in French). linkebeek.info. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

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