Kenn, Somerset

Description
Kenn, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands on the Kenn rivulet, under Haldon Hill, 2 1/2 miles SW of Exminster station on the G.W.R., and 4 1/2 S by E of Exeter; was formerly called Kenne, and figures in old records as a borough. It has a post and telegraph office at Kennford; money order office, Alphington. The parish contains also the hamlet of Kennford; includes the isolated estate of Perridge, about 7 miles from the village; and comprises altogether 5330 acres. Population of the civil parish, 827; of the ecclesiastical, 839. The manor belonged formerly to the Courtenays, the Oxenhams, the Aclands, and others, and belongs now to Lord Haldon and the Ley family. Haldon Hill, noticed in our article HALDON, is partly within the parish. Haldon House, the seat of Lord Haldon, is a handsome edifice situated in a well-wooded park of about 220 acres. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £670 with residence. The church is ancient; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with embattled tower, and contains a fine carved screen and an ancient font; the building was restored in 1889. There is a Wesleyan chapel at Kennford.