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kennandkennford.co.uk
A warm welcome to the web site for
the Parish of Kenn, Devon, England
The Parish incorporates the villages of Kenn, Kennford, Clapham and Splatford.
5 miles from the county town of Exeter and just off the A38 Devon Expressway
We hope this site will provide a broad range of community information.
KENN & KENNFORD
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13th August 2008 |
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For general web enquiries contact Peter Holwell email to:
haldonviews@hotmail.com The clubs / organisations on this website should be contacted direct |
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The history of the parish dates back almost two millennia to the time of the
Romans' arrival (55BC - 400 AD) when they built a network of military roads
throughout Britain including a section over Haldon Hill, to link Exeter with
Totnes and on into Cornwall. Wherever there is water and a fresh clean stream, people gather to live along its banks and by the time of the DOMESDAY BOOK (1058 AD), it was recorded that a Saxon named Brismer owned the Manor Kenn until 1066 AD when it was confiscated by William the Conqueror and joined with the Barony of Okehampton to be ceded to a loyal Norman knight, Baldwin de Bron. The 'Happy Valley' of Kenn, as it has been called, as seen from the top of the old quarry above Kennford, or the opposite heights of Haldon, contains within it one of the many beautiful villages in Devon, with its old thatched houses and cob walls, its orchards covered with pink and white blossoms, or its fields crowned with golden coronets of ripened corn.
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