Editing Kennington (section)

===Early history===
The presence of a [[tumulus]], and other locally significant geographical features, 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 (unit)|hide]] and 3 [[virgate]]s; 3 [[plough]]s, {{convert|4|acre|m2}} of [[meadow]]. It rendered £3 annually.<ref>[http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm Surrey Domesday Book] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030192829/http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm |date=30 October 2007 }}</ref> The manor of Kennington was divided from the manor of [[Vauxhall]] by the [[River Effra]], a tributary of the [[River Thames]].{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} A smaller river, the [[River Neckinger]], ran along the edge of the northern part of Kennington, approximately where Brook Drive is today (i.e. the brook) still forming the borough boundary.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}  Both rivers have now been diverted into underground culverts.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
[[File:Chartist meeting on Kennington Common by William Edward Kilburn 1848 - restoration1.jpg|thumb|Chartist meeting on Kennington Common in 1848]]

[[Edward III of England|Edward III]] gave the manor of Kennington to his oldest son [[Edward the Black Prince]] in 1337, and the prince then built a large royal palace in the triangle formed by Kennington Lane, Sancroft Street and Cardigan Street, near to Kennington Cross. In 1377, according to [[John Stow]], [[John of Gaunt|John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster]] came to Kennington to escape the fury of the people of [[London]]. [[Geoffrey Chaucer]] was employed at Kennington as Clerk of Works in 1389. He was paid 2 shillings. Kennington was the occasional residence of [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]] and [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]]. [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] was at Kennington before his [[coronation]]. [[Catherine of Aragon]] stayed at Kennington Palace in 1501. In 1531, at the order of King Henry VIII, most of Kennington Palace was dismantled, and the materials were used in the construction of the [[Palace of Whitehall]].<ref name="british-history1">{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45285 |title=Stockwell and Kennington &#124; Old and New London: Volume 6 (pp. 327–341) |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |access-date=29 March 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329083721/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45285 |archive-date=29 March 2012  }}</ref>{{failed verification|date=January 2021}}

The historical manor of Kennington continues to be owned by the current monarch's elder son (the [[Prince of Wales]], Duke of Cornwall: see [[Duchy of Cornwall|Dukes of Cornwall]]). The Duchy of Cornwall maintains a substantial property portfolio within the area.<ref name="british-history1"/>