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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
KENTON, a village, a '''parish''', and a sub-district, in St. Thomas district, Devon. The village stands in the valley of the Kenn, 1 mile W of the estuary of the Exe, 1½ mile NW of Starcross railway station, and 6½ SSE of Exeter; was once a market town; and has a post office under Exeter, and a pleasure fair on Whit-Wednesday. The parish contains also the village of Starcross.<ref>Wilson, John M., ''[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=1857&st=kenton Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]'' Published in 1870-72.</ref> | KENTON, a village, a '''parish''', and a sub-district, in St. Thomas district, Devon. The village stands in the valley of the Kenn, 1 mile W of the estuary of the Exe, 1½ mile NW of Starcross railway station, and 6½ SSE of Exeter; was once a market town; and has a post office under Exeter, and a pleasure fair on Whit-Wednesday. The parish contains also the village of Starcross.<ref>Wilson, John M., ''[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=1857&st=kenton Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]'' Published in 1870-72. Date accessed: 12 July 2013</ref> | ||
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