Kennington 94128 182311207 2008-01-05T14:56:48Z 80.189.103.145 {{otherplaces}} {{infobox UK place| |country = England |map_type = Greater London |region= London |population= |official_name= Kennington |london_borough= Lambeth |constituency_westminster= [[Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)|Vauxhall]] |post_town= LONDON |postcode_area= SE |postcode_district= SE11 |dial_code= 020 |os_grid_reference= TQ305775 |latitude= 51.4813 |longitude= -0.1197 }} '''Kennington''' is an area of [[South London]], [[England]], in the [[London Borough of Lambeth]]. It is a mixed class residential area, and is the location of the [[The Oval]], the well-known [[cricket]] stadium. Kennington appears in [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Chenintune''. It was held by Teodric (Theodoric) the [[Goldsmith]]. It rendered: 1 [[hide (unit)|hide]] and 3 [[virgate]]s; 3 [[plough]]s, 4 acres of [[meadow]]. It rendered £3.<ref>[http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm Surrey Domesday Book]</ref> [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] gave the manor of Kennington to his oldest son Edward "the [[Black Prince]]" in 1337, and the prince then built a large royal palace between what is now Black Prince Road and Sancroft Street. [[Geoffrey Chaucer]] was employed at Kennington as Clerk of Works in 1389. He was paid 2 shillings. Much of this area of Kennington continues to be owned by the current monarch's elder son (HRH Princes of Wales, Duke of Cornwall - see [[Duchy of Cornwall|Dukes of Cornwall]] ) to the present day. [[Kennington Park]] (laid out by Victorian [[architect]] [[James Pennethorne]]) and St Mark's Churchyard now cover the site of '''Kennington Common'''. In [[1746]] the Surrey County Gallows at the southern end of the common was used for the execution of nine leaders of the [[Jacobite rebellion]] of [[1745]]. The Common was also where the [[Chartism|Chartists]] gathered for their biggest demonstration in [[1848]]. (Fuller details of the Common's history are in the [[Kennington Park]] article.) Kennington Park Road and Clapham Road is a long and straight stretch of road because it follows the old Roman [[Stane Street]]. This ran down from the Roman London Bridge to Chichester via the gap in the [[North Downs]] at [[Box Hill, Surrey|Box Hill]] near [[Dorking]]. Another Roman road branched off opposite Kennington Road and went down through what is now Kennington Park and down the Brixton Road. It carried on through the North Downs near Caterham to Hassocks, just north of the South Downs. Nearest places: * [[Vauxhall, London, England|Vauxhall]] * [[Walworth, London|Walworth]] * [[Newington, London|Newington]] &mdash; usually known as [[Elephant and Castle]] * [[Stockwell]] * [[Camberwell]] Nearest tube stations: * [[Kennington tube station]] * [[Oval tube station]] ==References== <references/> ==External links== * [http://www.vauxhallsociety.org.uk/Executions.html Vauxhall Society — Executions on Kennington Common] * [http://www.vauxhallandkennington.org.uk/ Vauxhall, Kennington and the Oval — community website] {{LB Lambeth}} [[Category:Neighbourhoods of Lambeth]] [[Category:Districts of London]] [[Category:Duchy of Cornwall]] [[fr:Kennington]] [[nl:Kennington]] [[no:Kennington]]