| 词条 | Kenton, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|country = England |region = London |official_name = Kenton |coordinates = {{coord|51.5830|-0.3032|display=inline,title}} |os_grid_reference = TQ175885 |population = 12,133 |population_ref = (2011 Census. Brent Ward)[1] |london_borough = Brent |london_borough3 = Harrow |post_town = HARROW |postcode_district = HA3 |postcode_area = HA |dial_code = 020 |constituency_westminster = Brent North |constituency_westminster1 = Harrow East }} Kenton is an area in northwest London, England, partly in the London Borough of Harrow and partly in the London Borough of Brent. HistoryThe hamlet was recorded as "Keninton" in 1232. The name derives from the personal name of the Saxon "Coena" and the Old English "tun", a farm – and means "the farm of Coena" and his family who once lived on a site near here. Before the 20th century, the tiny settlement was concentrated around in what was Kenton Lane (the easternmost part of which remains as Old Kenton Lane to the east of Kingsbury station) and is now part of the present day Woodgrange Avenue and Kenton Road.[2] The Windermere is a Grade II listed public house in Windermere Avenue.[3] It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors[4] and was built in 1938.[3] The Plough public house was Kenton's first, opening in the early 18th century; the current building is not the original. It is now an Indo-Chinese fusion restaurant and bar called Blue Ginger. The main road through the area is Kenton Road. Local Primary Schools include Uxendon Manor on Vista Way and Priestmead Primary School on Hartford Avenue. The local high school is Claremont High School on Claremont Avenue off Kenton Road. Kenton station was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 15 June 1912. The Metropolitan Railway's Northwick Park and Kenton station (later renamed Northwick Park) followed on 28 June 1923. HousingThe coming of the railways was soon followed by suburban development, most of Kenton being built between the Wars. {{LCC cottage estates}}The London County Council built the Kenmore Park cottage estate between the wars. There are 654 houses on the {{convert|58|acre|ha}} site, a housing density of 11.3 per acre. (28/ha) Thomas Francis Nash owned building companies which from the 1920s onward built numerous private housing estates in Kenton, Ruislip and other parts of the "Metroland" area of Middlesex. F. & C. Costin was another local building company that built much of Kenton between the wars. Local estate agents still use the term "Nash-built" or "Costin-built" to describe properties built by them in Kenton. Culture and mediaApart from the infamous appearance of several of Kenton's streets in the "Gourmet Night" episode of the BBC-TV comedy series Fawlty Towers starring John Cleese,[5] the only known reference to Kenton in modern popular culture is the song "Kenton Kev",[6] by the Berlin-based punk-jazz band The Magoo Brothers on their album "Beyond Believable", released on the Bouncing Corporation label in 1988. The song refers to the "pleasant valley" high suburban boredom factor then prevalent in the area, and cites local characters and places, some fairly well known. It is said that "Kenton Kev" refers in fact to Kevin Jones, the US-based property magnate, who was actually born in Kenton. The song was written by Paul Bonin, Philip Ulysses Sanders and Melanie Hickford, all of whom grew up and lived in the area. TransportBusesThe following London Bus routes operate through the area:
Tube/trainsStations in the area are:
Geography{{Geographic Location|title = Neighbouring areas of Kenton |Northwest = Wealdstone |North = Belmont |Northeast = Queensbury |West = Harrow |Centre = Kenton |East = Kingsbury |Southwest = Harrow on the Hill |South = Northwick Park |Southeast = Preston }} Notable people{{unreferenced section|date=June 2012}}
ReferencesNotes1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688600&c=Kenton&d=14&e=62&g=6319863&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476956685814&enc=1|title=Brent Ward population 2011|accessdate=20 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} Further reading2. ^Ordnance Survey maps, various, from 19th century to 1930s 3. ^1 {{NHLE|desc=The Windermere public house|num=1350348|accessdate=22 May 2014}} 4. ^{{cite book|last1=Brandwood|first1=Geoff|title=Britain's best real heritage pubs|date=2013|publisher=CAMRA|location=St. Albans|isbn=9781852493042|page=89}} 5. ^[https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/torquay-the-horrible-truth-1116255.html Torquay: the horrible truth], The Independent, 27 August 1999 6. ^GEMA work no.: 2142940-001 7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/5893162.Claremont_High_s_cup_glory_for_first_time_since_Stuart_Pearce/|title=Claremont High's Cup Glory|accessdate=29 March 2016|date =31 March 2010|work=Harrow Times|author=Jack Royston}}
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5 : Areas of London|Districts of the London Borough of Harrow|Districts of the London Borough of Brent|Kenton, London|Places formerly in Middlesex |
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