Kenton is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in the Mid Suffolk

Mid Suffolk

Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council is based in Needham Market, and the largest town is Stowmarket.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Eye, Stowmarket urban district, Gipping Rural District, Hartismere Rural District and...

 district of Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

 in eastern England

England

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. Located 3 km to the north-east of Debenham

Debenham

Debenham is a large village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in Eastern England. In the 2001 census the population recorded was 1,728...

, in 2005 its population was 170.. A parish in the Hundreds of Suffolk

Hundreds of Suffolk

The county of Suffolk was divided into hundreds between Saxon times and the 19th century, when they were replaced for administrative purposes by districts.In 1831 the county was subdivided into twenty-one hundreds and three municipal boroughs...

 of Loes.

Not to be confused by Kenton

Kenton

-Notable people:* Actress Michele Austin, best known as PC Yvonne Hemmingway in ITV's The Bill, attended Claremont High School in Kenton* Cricketer Denis Compton lived in Kenton* TV exercise instructor Mr Motivator lived in Kenton...

, a place partly in the London Borough of Harrow

London Borough of Harrow

The London Borough of Harrow is a London borough of north-west London. It borders Hertfordshire to the north and other London boroughs: Hillingdon to the west, Ealing to the south, Brent to the south-east and Barnet to the east.-History:...

 and partly in the London Borough of Brent

London Borough of Brent

In 1801, the civil parishes that form the modern borough had a total population of 2,022. This rose slowly throughout the 19th century, as the district became built up; reaching 5,646 in the middle of the century. When the railways arrived the rate of population growth increased...

 and Dorset.

Between 1908 and 1952 the village was served by the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway

Mid-Suffolk Light Railway

The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway is a heritage railway in Suffolk, which in its heyday it was a branch line which ran for just from Haughley to Laxfield, Suffolk. The line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1924 and the last trains ran on 26 July 1952...

, on which it had a station

Kenton railway station (Mid-Suffolk Light Railway)

Kenton was a railway station on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. The station was located a mile south of the hamlet of Kenton.-History:Opened by the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, Kenton station was located from Haughley and is sometimes referred to as Kenton Junction...

 with a platform, which was located over 1 km south. The station had a small building made externally of corrugated iron and internally of match-boarding. Kenton station was halfway between Laxfield

Laxfield

Laxfield is a small ancient village in northern Suffolk, England. It is located at a distinct bend in today's B1117 road.-History:Laxfield arose in Saxon times as it is known that an early church was there and the village itself appears in the Domesday Book...

 and Haughley

Haughley

Haughley is a village in the English county of Suffolk.-External links:*...

 on the branch line.

Kenton Hall (around 1868) resided nearby about half a mile south-west from the church.

Grass drying plant (operated by Eastern Counties Farmers) was just behind the old station.

Present day

All Saints (Church OS grid TM 191 659) is on the unclassified road between Occold

Occold

Occold is a village in Suffolk, England....

 and Earl Soham

Earl Soham

Earl Soham is a small settlement in Suffolk, England. It is on the A1120 road and is west of the town of Framlingham.- History :The manor of Earl Soham once belonged to the Earls of Norfolk, the Bigod family , who also owned nearby Framlingham Castle.Edward 1st granted Roger Bigod permission to...

and Church Lane with Church Close nearby.

It has a very fine brick built south aisle and chapel, flush with the porch and with its own entrance from it. It was built as a chantry chapel for the Garneys family in 1524, and was dedicated to St John.

The south aisle is now furnished and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin rather than to St John now. It once contained an excellent, intricate Garneys brass, contemporary with the chapel, which Cautley and Arthur Mee both saw in the 1930s.

Kenton Post Office (on Eye Road IP14 6JW) is a couple of hundred metres north of Church Lane/Close.

There are several farms in the area, Sycamore Farm (a few hundred metres north of the church), Moat Farm (a few hundred metres west of the church), and another near to the Hall.

Kenton Lodge is to the extreme south-east of the village.