• Source: Vepery

Vepery is a neighbourhood in the north of Chennai, India. Abutting the transportation hub of Park Town, the neighbourhood covers a rectangular area north of the Poonamallee High Road.




History


Vepery is among those oldest neighbourhoods developed during the British settlement in the city of Madras. Christian missionaries 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 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
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

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Madras Veterinary College
P.T.Lee Chengalvaraya Naicker Polytechnic College
St. Christopher's College of Education
Guru Shree Shanthivijai Jain College For Women




= Schools

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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




References

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• Madras Christian College
• Vepery
• Bentinck School, Vepery
• Lakshmikanthan murder case
• Purasawalkam taluk
• St. Matthias' Church, Vepery
• St. Paul's Higher Secondary School, Vepery
• Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
• St. Paul's School
• C.S.I. Ewart Matriculation Higher Secondary School
• Printing in Tamil language