Kenn, Devon :: The British Place Names Website

Other current and historical names

Ken
Kenne
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Parish/Community: Kenn
District/Borough: Teignbridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°39'32"N 3°31'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 291989, 85480
OS Grid: SX919854
Mapcode Local: GBR P1.F68T
Mapcode Global: FRA 37HB.GSK

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Kenn within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Kenn in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Kenn.-- par. and vil., Devon, on river Kenn, 4½ miles SE. of Exeter, 5412 ac., pop. 946; the par. contains Kenford, vil.; P.O.

Kenn in the Domesday Book

A village in Exminster hundred, in the county of Devon.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictmer of Rillaton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 21 villagers; 21 smallholders; 20 slaves; 11 burgesses; 5 other households
- Plough Teams: 25 men's ploughs (25 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Woodland: 10 acres
- Pasture: 100 acres
- Mills: 1, value 2/4¾
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 1 cob

British Place Names

Kenn, Devon

Kenn is a village in Devon

Kenn in historic gazetteers

Kenn in the Domesday Book