Vepery

Vepery
Vepery
Neighbourhood
	Shwetambar Jain temple
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	Coordinates: 13°5′1″N 80°15′52″E / 13.08361°N 80.26444°E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai District
Metro	Chennai
Talukas	Fort-Tondiarpet
Government
• Body	Chennai Corporation
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	600 007
Lok Sabha constituency	Chennai North
Planning agency	CMDA
Civic agency	Chennai Corporation
Website	www.chennai.tn.nic.in

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Landmarks

Major landmarks include:

Periyar Thidal
Office of the Commissioner of Police^[3]
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)
Doveton Tower Clock
Vepery Police Station
Sambhavnath Jain temple

Educational Institutions

Colleges

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

Schools

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

^ Westcott, A. (1897). "Our Oldest Indian Mission: A Brief History of the Vepery (Madras) Mission". Madras Diocesan Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
^ "Our History". Doveton Corrie Protestant Schools Association. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
^ Selvaraj, A. (16 July 2011). "CM to open police head office in Vepery". The Times of India. Chennai. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.