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Actress Mary Wimbush, who played Julia Pargetter in the radio soap opera The Archers, was born in Kenton HA3. Football player Darren Ward was born here as well. Fitness personality Derrick Evans, known as Mr. Motivator, is a famous resident.
The first mention of Kenton HA3 comes from 1232 when the area was known as Keninton. It means Coena’s farm. The name derives from the personal name Coena and tun that means farm.
The Blue Ginger restaurant is built on the site of the oldest Kenton pub. The Plough was the first pub here opened in the 18th century. The Windermere is a 1938 grade II listed pub that is part of the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.