Kenton, Suffolk
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 All Saints Church, Kenton |
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 Kenton
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| Kenton shown within Suffolk | |
| Population | 170 (2005) 237 (2011) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Stowmarket |
| Postcode district | IP19 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
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. A parish in the Hundreds of Suffolk of Loes.
Not to be confused by Kenton, a place partly in the London Borough of Harrow and partly in the London Borough of Brent and Dorset.
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 1868) resides nearby about half a mile south-west from the church.
Grass drying plant (operated by Eastern Counties Farmers) was just behind the old station.
All Saints (Church OS grid TM 191 659) is on the unclassified road between Occold and Earl Soham and Church Lane with Church Close nearby.
It has a very fine brick built south aisle and chapel, flush with the porch and with its own entrance from it. It was built as a chantry chapel for the Garneys family in 1524, and was dedicated to St John.
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