Kennington, Kent

Description
Kennington, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands 2 miles NNE of Ashford station on the L.C. & D.R. and S.E.R., near the river Stour, and has a fair on 6 July, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Ashford. Acreage, 1382; population, 890. There are brick and tile works. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £260 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church consists of nave, chance], and two chapels adjacent to the chancel. It is a handsome edifice with a beautiful E window, and a tower and small beacon turret; it was well restored in 1878. There is a small Congregational chapel. Lord Gerard is lord of the manor. Kennington Hall, Kennington House, and Bockhanger are the chief residences.