KENN, a parish, with a village, in Bedminster district, Somerset; near the coast, 2 miles NNW of Yatton r. station, and 11 ½ WSW of Bristol. Post town, Yatton, Somerset. Acres, 1, 018. Real property, £3, 090. Pop., 282. Houses, 47. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the Kenns; one of whom was Bishop Kenn, of Bath and Wells, in the time of James II The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £100. Patron, the Vicar of Yatton. The church was rebuilt in 1861; consists of nave and chancel, with vestry, porch, and tower; and contains some ancient monuments. There is a national school.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))