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Rh KENNET. 380 KENNOWAY. equated on a stream of the rivor Greedy. The soil is loam and clay, but rather poor, with about 70 acres of moor and furze. The parish is intersected by the road from Exeter to South Molton. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. .145, iu the patron, of the Governors of Crediton charity. Xho church, dedicated to St. Clement, is a stone structure, with a tower con- taining three bells. It was repaired in 1847. There is a parochial school for both sexes. Sir S. II. Northcote Bart. , is lord of the manor. KENNET, a river rising under the Marlborough Downs in co. Wilts, and joining the Thames at Reading. On its banks are situated the towns of Hungerford, Marlborough, and Newbury. It is connected by a canal of 67 miles with the river Avon at Bath. KENNET, a vil. in the par. of Clackmannan, co. Clackmannan, Scotland, 1 mile E. of Clackmannan. It is chiefly occupied by colliers. Kennet House stands about 1 mile distant from the Forth. KENNET, EAST, a par. in the hund. of Selkley, co. Wilts, 5 miles S.W. of Maryborough, its post town. The village, which is small and wholly agricultural, is situa- ted near the source of the river Kennet. The soil is light and chalky. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 58 10s. The living is a perpot. cur. * in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 58. The church is a small ancient structure. KENNET, EAST and WEST, tythgs. in the par. of Avebury, hund. of Selkley, co. W'ilts, 5 miles W. of Marlborough. They anciently formed a distinct parish, and are mentioned in Domesday Book as Chenete. The village, which is situated on the road to Bath, is noted for its celebrated Kennet ale, which is brewed from a limpid spring of soft water, slightly impregnated with magnesia. At Silbury Hill, a little to the W. of the village, is a large barrow, and the sources of the Kennet. KENNETHMONT, a station on the Great North of Scotland railway. KENNETPANS, a vil. in the par. of Clackmannan, co. Clackmannan, Scotland, 2 miles W. of Kincardine. It has a harbour on the Forth. KENNETT, a par. in the hund. of Staploe, co. Cam- bridge, 4 miles N.E. of Newmarket, its post town. It is situated on a branch of the river Lark, and has a station on the Cambridge section of the Great Eastern railway. It was JFairfax's headquarters in June, 1647. The land is chiefly heathy. The tithes have been com- muted for a rent-charge of 194. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Ely, val. 116. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is an ancient stone structure, and has recently been repaired. Kennett Hall is the principal residence. . KENNINGHALL, a par. and small market town in the hund. of Guiltcross, co. Norfolk, 4 miles E. of East Harling, its post town and railway station, 4 S.W. of Buckenham, and 18 S.W. of Norwich. It is mentioned in Domesday Book as Cheninkhala, which signifies the " king's house," from the Saxon words, Cyning, "king," and holla, a " palace ; " it having been the residence of the kings of East Anglia. After the Conquest it was held by the Do Albinis, Monaltos, Mowbrays, and Howards, who had a manor house built on the site of the Saxon palace. It was forfeited to the crown by the attainder of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, in the reign of Henry VIII., and given to the Princess Mary. It is now converted into farms, and called Keninghall Place. A portion of the inhabitants are engaged in the exten- sive brick and tile kilns. The town is very small. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 250, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Stephen, is a commodious structure, with a massive square tower. The register dates from 1658. The parochial charities produce about 67 per annum. The Wesleyans and Particular Baptists have places of worship. The Guiltcross union poorhouso is about 1J mile S. of the town. A market for cattle is held every Monday in the yard belonging to the Crown Inn. Fairs are held on 18th July and 30th September for cattle and sheep. The Duke of Norfolk is lord of the manor. KENNINGTON, a par. in the hund. of Chart, Ia1 of Shepway, co. Kent, 12 miles S.W. of Canterbn: and 2 N. of Ashford, its post town. It is a sm village, situated near the line of the Canterbury railwa; and the river Stour. A portion of the inhabitants a: engaged in the brick, tile, and lime works. The land partly in hops. The impropriate tithes have been muted for a rent-charge of 205, and the vicarial 197 12s. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Can1 bury, val. 211, in the patron, of the archbishop. Thi church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure, with a tower containing live bells. The register dates from 1671. There is a free school. The parochial charities produce about 7 per annum. An annual fair is held on 5th July. KENNINGTON, a tnshp. and chplry. partly in the par. of Sunningwell, and partly in that of Eadley, hund. of Hormer, co. Berks, 2 miles S. of Oxford, its post town, and 3 N.E. of Abingdon. It is situated on the river Isis, and near the lino of the Great Western rail- way. The village is smaD, and chiefly agricultural. Tha tithes were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1802. The living is a cur. annexed to the rect.* of Sunningwell, in the dioe. ol Oxford. The chapel-of-easc, dedicated to St. Swithin, fell down at the beginning of the present century, and was rebuilt in 1838. KENNINGTON, a district par., and populous sr.bur^ of London, in the par. and borough of Lambeth, E. div, of the hund. of Brixton, co. Surrey, 2J- miles S. of St. Paul's. It is situated on the line of road leading from the metropolis towards Clapham and Brixton, and has recently vastly increased in population. It is a crown manor, held under the Duchy of Cornwall, and had a royal palace in the. Saxon times. It was subsequently tho residence of Edward the Black Prince, whoso palace stood on the site of the old manor house in Park Place, once inhabited by Charles I. while Prince of Wales, bat recently superseded by modern buildings. Henry IIL kept Christmas here in 1231, and Edward III. in 1342. It includes the Oval, an area of nearly 10 acres, ones cultivated as market gardens and nursery grounds, but now the Surrey cricket ground ; and Kennington Com- mon, formerly an unenclosed tract of ground, used as the place of execution for criminals convicted at the Surrey assizes, but now enclosed as a park. It was here that several of the adherents of the Pretender were executed as traitors in 1746, and the great Chartist meeting was held in 1848. The district is lighted with gas, and supplied with water from the South London Water-works, which are situated at Kingston. There arc spacious assembly rooms, where public meetings are held, a savings-bank, a police station of the L division of the metropolitan police, a grammar school affiliated with the London University, and tho licensed victuallers' schools. He are also manufactories for oil of vitriol and waddin It is a polling-place for the eastern division of the coun of Surrey, and an electoral district of the borough Lambeth. The custom of borough-English prevails the manor, which was held by Alleyne, the actor, in. t beginning of the 17th century. The living is a perpi cur.* in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 700, in t patron, of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The churo dedicated to St. Mark, is a spacious structure, erect) in 1824 at the cost of 22,719. It has a tower ar cupo.'a at the W. end, and a Doric portico. There a several Episcopal chapels, besides St. James's and ( 'arlis chapels, within the district. There are many National, infant, and denominational schools. J. Calcott, the com- poser, and Sir A. Calcott, the painter, were natives. KENNOWAY, a par. and post-office vil. in the district of Kirkcaldy, co. Fife, Scotland, containing the vil. of Baneton, and part of Star. It is over 3 miles in length, by 2 broad, and is bounded by Kettle, .' Wemyss, and Markinch. The surface is chiefly nnJer cultivation, and is watered by several rivulets. This par. is in the presb. of Kirkcaldy, and synod of Fife, in !!" patron, of the crown. The minister has a stipend i 243. The church was built in 1850; it is in the ('