A hamlet wwhen recorded as "Keninton" in 1232. A title derives from either a household title of the Saxon "Coena" & a Old English "tun", a domestic - & means "the farm of Coena" & his personal world health organizatiin another time lived on the places nigh on this text. Prior to a 20th century, a flyspeck payout was concentrated in the area of the present day Woodgrange Avenue.

A Plough gin mill was Kenton's foremost, opening in the early 18th century.

A highway through the vicinity is Kenton Road.

Kenton station was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 15th June 1912. A Metropolitan Railway's "Northwick Park and Kenton" station (late renamed Northwick Park) followed on 28th June 1923. A coming of a railways was shortly followed by suburban development, virtually all of Kenton existence built between the Wars.

Famous residents

Far-famed population from either, or even residing inside Kenton allegedly include Matt Lucas (a.k.the. George Dawes), Pam St. Clement (a.k.a. Eastenders' Pat Butcher), Mr Motivator and Sophie Okonedo (actress "Hotel Rwanda"). England footballer Stuart ("Psycho") Pearce attended school in Kenton, but lived in neighbouring Kingsbury.

Nearby places

Harrow Belmont Kingsbury Wealdstone Stanmore Edgware

Transport

Kenton station Northwick Park tube station Preston Road tube station Queensbury tube station South Kenton station

Other Kentons

There exists too the suburb of the same title around Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and occasionally stores in the United States:

Kenton, Ohio Kenton, Tennessee Simon Kenton - 18th century Kentucky/Ohio Frontiersman.