Kenley is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Shropshire. It is located in remote countryside, atop a ridge at around above sea level. It is near the larger villages of Acton Burnell, about three miles to the north-west, and Harley, about two miles to the east. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 258.
The name is probably formed from the Old English personal name Cenna with -ley, meaning a clearing in a wood.Raven, M. A Guide to Shropshire, 2005, p.102
To the west are the hamlets of Ruckley and Langley, which form a separate civil parish.
The historian Archibald Alison and statistician William Farr were born in Kenley.
Notable people Archibald Alison, (1757-1839), Scots essayist, onetime parish rector. Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet, (1792 at Kenley-1867), historian and advocate, his son William Farr, (1807 at Kenley-1883), statistician
See also Listed buildings in Kenley, Shropshire
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