Kenton, Suffolk
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Kenton is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located 1.9 miles to the north-east of Debenham, in 2005 its population was 170.[1] The parish was formerly an exclave of the Loes Hundred one of the Hundreds of Suffolk.
Kenton | |
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All Saints Church, Kenton | |
Location within Suffolk | |
Population | 170 (2005)[1] 237 (2011)[2] |
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Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Stowmarket |
Postcode district | IP14 |
Police | Suffolk |
Fire | Suffolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
52.248206°N 1.209665°E / 52.248206; 1.209665 |
The name Kenton comes from the Old English for ‘Kingly’, or ‘Royal’ and can trace its origins back to before the Norman conquest.
Not to be confused by Kenton, a place partly in the London Borough of Harrow and partly in the London Borough of Brent, and Kenton, a place in Devon.
Between 1908 and 1952 the village was served by the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, on which it had a station with a platform, which was located over 0.6 miles south. The station had a small building made externally of corrugated iron and internally of match-boarding. Kenton station was halfway between Laxfield and Haughley on the branch line.
Kenton Hall (around 1200) resides nearby about half a mile south-west from the church.[3][4]
Grass drying plant (operated by Eastern Counties Farmers) was just behind the old station.