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Places in the United Kingdom

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Kennet, Clackmannanshire Kennet is a small former coal-mining village in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is located south-east of Clackmannan, by the Kincardine railway line. The village is a conservation area, designated by Clackmannanshire Council. Kennet House, the ...
, Scotland


People

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Baron Kennet Baron Kennet, of the Dene in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1935 for the journalist and politician Sir Hilton Young. He was the youngest son of Sir George Young, 3rd Baronet, of Formosa ...
, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom * D. Mark Kennet (born 1957), American economist *
Josh Kennet Joshua Simon Kennet (born 27 September 1987) is an English-Israeli footballer currently with London Lions. Early and personal life Kennet is Jewish, and was born to a Jewish family in Camden, England. His father Eilon was born in Israel, and ...
(born 1987), English-Israeli footballer *
Kennet Ahl Kennet Ahl is the pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or l ...
, pseudonym of Swedish crime novelist duo Lasse Strömstedt and Christer Dahl *
Robert Bruce, Lord Kennet Robert Bruce of Kennet, Lord Kennet FRSE (24 December 1718 – 8 April 1785) was a Scottish advocate, legal scholar and judge. Life Bruce was born at Kennet House in Clackmannanshire on 24 December 1718, the son of Mary Balfour, daughter of Ro ...
(1718–1785), Scottish advocate, legal scholar and judge


Other uses

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Kennet River (disambiguation) Kennet River or Kennett River may refer to: * Kennet River (New Zealand) * Kennet River (Victoria), Australia * Kennett River, Victoria, a settlement in Victoria, Australia See also * River Kennet The Kennet is a tributary of the River Tha ...
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River Kennet The Kennet is a tributary of the River Thames in Southern England. Most of the river is straddled by the North Wessex Downs AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). The lower reaches have been made navigable as the Kennet Navigation, which â ...
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Kennet (district) Kennet was a non-metropolitan local government district in Wiltshire, England, abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. It was named after the River Kennet. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under ...
, former local government district in Wiltshire, England *
Kennet (HM Prison) HM Prison Kennet was a Category C men's prison, located in Parkbourn, Maghull, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. The prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. The prison closed on 23 December 2016 Histor ...
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Kennet and Avon Canal The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of , made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal. The name is used to refer to the entire length of the navigation rather than solely to the cent ...
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Kennet Avenue Kennet Avenue or West Kennet Avenue is a prehistoric site in the English county of Wiltshire. It was an avenue of two parallel lines of stones 25m wide and 2.5 km in length, which ran between the Neolithic sites of Avebury and The Sanctua ...
, prehistoric site in Wiltshire, England *
Kennet Partners Kennet Partners is a private equity investment firm that provides growth capital to software, Internet and technology-enabled business services companies in Europe and the US. Kennet Partners is headquartered in London, England, and has an offi ...
, private equity firm based in London, England *
Kennet School Kennet School is an academy secondary school in Thatcham, Berkshire, England. In 2011, Kennet was the highest achieving state school in West Berkshire using contextual value added results and third-highest using five good GCSEs. The school ope ...
, school in Thatcham, Berkshire, England * HMS ''Kennet'' (1903), destroyer in the Royal Navy *''Kennet'', a
GWR 3031 Class The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work. The first 30 members of the class were built ...
locomotive of the Great Western Railway, England


See also

* Kennett (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation, geo, surname