Tag: Kenton

Kenton is an area in northwest London, England, partly in the London Borough of Harrow and partly in the London Borough of Brent.
The 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.
The Plough public house was Kenton’s first, opening in the early 18th century; the current building is not the original. (The Plough is now an Indo-Chinese fusion restaurant & bar and has been renamed Blue Ginger.)
The main road through the area is Kenton Road.
The local school is Priestmead First and Middle School on Hartford Avenue.
The local high school is Claremont High School on…