Vepery is a neighbourhood in the north of
Chennai
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, India. Abutting the transportation hub of
Park Town, the neighbourhood covers a rectangular area north of the
Poonamallee High Road
EVR Periyar Salai (SHU 86)(EVR High Road), earlier known as Poonamallee High Road ( NH 48) and originally the Grand Western Trunk Road, is an arterial road in Chennai, India. It is the longest road in Chennai. Running from east to west, the r ...
.
History
Vepery is among those oldest neighbourhoods developed during the British settlement in the city of Madras.
Christian missionaries
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started arriving in the neighbourhood as early as 1749, soon after the
treaty of Aix la Chapelle when the city was restored to the English from the French. The Vepery Mission is the oldest mission connected with the
Church of England
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in India.
In 1828,
St. Matthias Church was built, making it the second oldest Anglican Church after St. Mary's Church at Fort St. George. The church was officially consecrated on St. Matthias day in 1842 by the officiating Bishop Spencer of Madras.
On 1 March 1855, the Madras Parental Academic Institution and Doveton College were established at Vepery within the local limits of the then city of Madras. The surrounding area of Doveton acquired its name after Capt. John Doveton, who served as a captain commandant of the Seventh Regiment of Infantry.
Landmarks
Major landmarks include:
*
Periyar Thidal
Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 187924 December 1973), commonly known as Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician. He was the organizer of the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam and is considered the architect of ...
* Office of the Commissioner of Police
* Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)
* Doveton Tower Clock
* Vepery Police Station
*Sambhavnath Jain temple
Educational Institutions
Colleges
*
Madras Veterinary College
The Madras Veterinary College, the college affiliated with Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, is a veterinary college in Vepery, a suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The college was established on 1 October 1903 in a smal ...
* P.T.Lee Chengalvaraya Naicker Polytechnic College
* St. Christopher's College of Education
* Guru Shree Shanthivijai Jain College For Women
Schools
*
St. Matthias Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School
* The Doveton Corrie Group of Schools comprising the Doveton Girls' Higher Secondary School, the Doveton Boys' Higher Secondary School, the Doveton Matriculation Higher Secondary School, which is co- educational School and the Doveton Oakley School for kindergarten education.
*
Bentinck Higher Secondary School for Girls
* St. Joseph Anglo Indian Boys Higher Secondary School
* St Aloysius Anglo Indian Girls Higher Secondary School
* St. Pauls Higher Secondary School
* Seventh Day Adventist Matriculation Higher Secondary School
* Baynes Memorial Baptist Church School
* Guru Shree Shantivijay Jain Vidyalaya
Roads and Streets
Important roads and streets include :
* Vepery High Road
* Jermiah Road
* Barracks Road
* EVK Sampath Road
* Maddox Street
* Brethapeat Road
* Vepery Church Road
* Atkinson Road
* Ritherdon Road
References
{{Chennai Topics
Neighbourhoods in Chennai