Place:Kenton, Middlesex, England

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NameKenton
TypeArea
Coordinates51.583°N 0.303°W
Located inMiddlesex, England     ( - 1965)
See alsoHarrow (London Borough), Greater London, EnglandLondon borough in which Kenton has been part located since 1965
Brent (London Borough), Greater London, EnglandLondon borough in which Kenton has been part located since 1965

Kenton is an area of Greater London, England, partly in the London Borough of Harrow and partly in the London Borough of Brent, forming the eastern part of Harrow. The main road through the area is Kenton Road. Most of the district is part of the HA3 postcode, but the southern part is in HA9 and Northwick Park is in HA1.

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History

The hamlet was recorded as "Keninton" in 1232. The name derives from the personal name of the Saxon "Coena" and the Old English "tun", a farm – and means "the farm of Coena" and his family who once lived on a site near here. Before the 20th century, the tiny settlement was concentrated around what was then Kenton Lane (the easternmost part of which remains as Old Kenton Lane to the east of Kingsbury station) and is now part of the present day Woodgrange Avenue and Kenton Road.[2]

Kenton station was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 15 June 1912. The Metropolitan Railway's Northwick Park and Kenton station (later renamed Northwick Park) followed on 28 June 1923. Housing

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