    kennington is a district situated in central london, england, south of the river thames. it is mainly within the london borough of lambeth, although parts of the district fall within the london borough of southwark. it is located  southeast of charing cross, in inner london and is identified as a local centre in the london plan. it was a royal manor in the ancient parish of st mary, lambeth in the county of surrey and was the administrative centre of the parish from 1853. proximity to central london was key to the development of the area as a residential suburb and it was incorporated into the metropolitan area of london in 1855. kennington is the location of several significant london landmarks: the oval cricket ground, the imperial war museum and kennington park. its population at the united kingdom census 2011 was 21,287. ==history== ===toponymy=== kennington appears in the domesday book of 1086 as chenintune. it is recorded as kenintone in 1229 and kenyngton in 1263. mills (2001) believes the name to be old english meaning 'farmstead or estate associated with a man called cÄna'. another explanation is that it means "place of the king", or "town of the king". ===early history=== the presence of a tumulus, and other significant geographical features locally, suggest that the area was regarded in ancient times as a sacred place of assembly. according to the domesday book it was held by teodric (theodoric) the goldsmith. it contained: 1 hide and 3 virgates; 3 ploughs,  of [[mead
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