Kenton

Other current and historical names

Chentone
Chentona

Built-Up Area: Kenton
Parish/Community: Kenton
District/Borough: Teignbridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°38'24"N 3°28'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 295906, 83299
OS Grid: SX959832
Mapcode Local: GBR P2.MHGN
Mapcode Global: FRA 37MC.SQW

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

Kenton in historic gazetteers

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

Kenton.-- par. and vil., Devon, in Kenn valley, 6½ miles SE. of Exeter, 6811 ac. (930 water), pop. 1919; P.O.

Kenton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1086
- Households: 30 villagers; 10 smallholders; 6 slaves; 8 salt-workers; 4 other households
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 15 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure
- Pasture: 150 acres
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings
- Other resources: 1 salthouse
- Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 20 goats

British Place Names

Kenton, Devon

Kenton is a village in Devon

Kenton in historic gazetteers

Kenton in the Domesday Book