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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => London & Middlesex Lookup Requests => London and Middlesex => England => London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests => Topic started by: john.reypert on Tuesday 15 March 05 20:25 GMT (UK)
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I Have a birth certificate dated March 1866 which gives an address of ** enton, Harrow.
On an 1881 census the birthplace is stated as "Frenton Grange,Middlesex. but I have tried this and Henton, Fenton, Klenton & Flenton and failed to find any trace. The birth certificate is very clear apart from these first two letters!
Does this ring a bell with anyone?
Thanks
John Reypert I
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Hi
There is a Kenton Lane, Harrow. Could that be it. ???
Maddie
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Hi John
I agree with Maddie, it is almost certainly Kenton.
Rick :)
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I agree - I was born there my self!
Dahlia :D
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Dahlia
I was born in Kenton Lane Harrow Weald myself ;D
Now live in East Northants - the houses are cheaper ::)
Carol
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I live in Harrow Weald. Kenton Lane is a long road which runs from Kenton to Harrow Weald - I will look in our local history book and see if I can locate a Kenton Grange.
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Ggrocott
Harrow Civic Centre library has Kelly's directorys back quite a few years.
I discovered my own house in there an also by using the large maps available.
I was born in 1953,near The Duck in the Pond in an old cottage,and our old window cleaner remembered how it, and Braziers dairy were the only buidlings in the area for miles.My house and the one next door were built in 1905 and were known as College Farm Cottages.
John do you want to give us your rellies name? We'll have more to go on then.
Have you found them in 1871,or maybe PM me with the details and scan me the cert and I'll try and decipher it for you.I'm getting an 'old' hand at doing that ;D
All the best
Carol
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I have just googled Kenton Grange and discovered that it is now St Luke's hospice.
Suggesting that it might well have been a hospital(maybe mother and baby?)
Also found this I think you might find it interesting reading John
"In the early 19th century the hamlet of Kenton was centred around the Kenton Grange estate on which a mansion of that name had been built by one John Lambert. It is part of that estate which today we know as Woodcock Park. Kenton Grange appears to have changed hands on several subsequent occasions and more recent occupants were John Gwynne, a lover of horses and a sportsman; also Albert Jeffress whose son Joseph, as some of our members may recall, was a miniature railway enthusiast. It was he who built and ran the narrow gauge track and rolling stock in the grounds of the Grange. Members living in the area during the mid to late 1930's may recall the annual fair held in the grounds of the Grange just off Gooseacre Lane, also the small village school located nearby."
Carol
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Thanks to all who answered my query. I am in phone contact with a volunteer archivist at St Lukes who will advise me who it was who was employing John Bell(Coachman) in 1866 when he worked at Kenton Grange. For interest of anyone in that area he was the Grandfather of Sir Ronald Bell QC Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield. Tony Blair's first (failed)attempt to get in was against him!
Thanks again
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Thanks to all who answered my query. I am in phone contact with a volunteer archivist at St Lukes who will advise me who it was who was employing John Bell(Coachman) in 1866 when he worked at Kenton Grange. For interest of anyone in that area he was the Grandfather of Sir Ronald Bell QC Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield. Tony Blair's first (failed)attempt to get in was against him!
Thanks again
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Thanks to all who answered my query. I am in phone contact with a volunteer archivist at St Lukes who will advise me who it was who was employing John Bell(Coachman) in 1866 when he worked at Kenton Grange. For interest of anyone in that area he was the Grandfather of Sir Ronald Bell QC Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield. Tony Blair's first (failed)attempt to get in was against him!
Thanks again
I was really interested to find this posting....I don't know how old it is..... as I am a daughter of Sir Ronald Bell, the second of his four children.
Are you a relation of ours? What is your interest in John Bell, my great grandfather?
I would be really fascinated to know what you have found out about him.
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Have just come across a photo of Kenton Grange on Facebook.
PM me if you'd like a copy.
Carol
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I know I'm 15 years too late but I can remember Kenton Grange when I was a child in the 1950s and 60s, being an old people's home then (nowadays a care home!). I was told that in the 1940s and early 1950s there was a model railway which used to go round the perimeter and in the bushes there were marks where the tracks had once been.
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The Harrow Observer, 31 Mar 1949, carries a photograph (very difficult to make anything out) and underneath it reads -
"KENTON MINIATURE RAILWAY - Two trains ready to start at the opening of the season at the Kenton miniature railway at Kenton Grange on Saturday afternoon. The "Immingham" locomotive on the right is in its 40th year of operation"
Also lots of adverts in this paper in the 1950s about jobs at "...Kenton Grange, Kenton road, Kenton (Home for aged persons) ...". What's intriguing is some of the adverts include " ... Protective clothing free ..."!
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Thank you so much for this extra information. Lived in Kenton, Gooseacre Lane, from 1950 to 1970, so have fond memories of walking through there, via Lidding, to get to see my friend's aunts who lived on the corner of Woodgrange Ave. It's all a long time ago, but it was a lovely place to live then.
Do you have any info on when the Gooseacre area was built?
Hope you are OK during this extraordinary time. Stay safe.
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Thank you so much for this extra information. Lived in Kenton, Gooseacre Lane, from 1950 to 1970, so have fond memories of walking through there, via Lidding, to get to see my friend's aunts who lived on the corner of Woodgrange Ave. It's all a long time ago, but it was a lovely place to live then.
Hi Lynn,
My hubby went to St Gregory's from 61 - 66,so knew that area well.
I lived at the other end of Kenton Lane near the Duck in the Pond from 53-73.
Regards
Carol
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Hi Carol - great to hear from you. I went to Uxendon Manor and then Kingsbury County 1961-68. I used to go to Kenton Library a lot, but did not know your end of Kenton that well.
I'm researching my early life as I'm attempting my autobiography. I grew up as an only child but found out that I am one of 13!
Hope you and yours are keeping safe in all this! Strange times we live in.
Best wishes
Lynne