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Kenton

The church is thought to date to around 1450-1500, but built on the site of an earlier church. It contains a very fine late medieval rood screen and a pulpit of the same period. The church has been included in England’s Thousand Best Churches by Simon Jenkins for the quality of its late nineteenth and early twentieth century woodcarving. An archaeological survey dating December 2006 revealed walls of two earlier churches and the remains of a mediaeval bell-foundry. A perpendicular styled church with a tall and impressive tower containing six bells, rising about 120 feet, the second tallest in Devon.
The chief glory of Kenton is the carved screen. In the centre above is St Michael trampling Satan and on either side are 2 angels bearing musical instruments. This shows that one of the purposes of the rood loft was to provide a minstrel gallery. At the bottom of the screen are40 painted panels of saints and prophets.


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01: St Anthony, St George,

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02: St Sebastian (clothed), St Edward?

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03: Jeremiah, St Peter,

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04: Daniel, St Andrew

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05: Isaiah, St James Major,

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06: Zechariah, St John

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07: Hosea, St Thomas,

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08: Amos, St James Minor

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09: Joel, St Philip,

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10: Haggai, St Bartholomew

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11: Zephaniah, St Matthew,

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12: Malachi, St Simon

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13: Ezekiel, St Jude,

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14: Obadiah, St Matthias

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15: St Lawrence, St Barbara,

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16: St Stephen, Female Saint

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17: St Catherine, St Mary Magdalene,

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18: St Dorothy, St Agatha


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