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Kneesall (Kneesale or Chenesale)

"Kneesall Parish comprises the three lordships of Kneesall, Kersall and Ompton, the latter of which is in the South Clay division of the Bassetlaw Hundred.
Kneesall is a considerable village, situated on a gentle declivity on the Newark and Ollerton Road, nine miles north-north-west of the former, and four miles east-south-east of the latter, and has within a few years been considerably improved by the building and rebuilding of several neat houses. It contains 382 inhabitants and 2,197a 0r 28p of land, of the rateable value of £1,993 13s 6d. Earl Manvers is the lord of the manor and owner, with the exception of about 50 acres in small freeholds, and a small portion of copyhold held under the Chapter of Southwell, on small certain fines, and a court is held at Michaelmas.
The church, dedicated to St Bartholomew, is a vicarage, valued in the King's books at £10, now £150 10s 0d, having been augmented by a grant from Queen Anne's Bounty, and has a curacy of Boughton annexed. It is in the patronage and appropriation of the Chapter of Southwell, under whom Earl Manvers is lessee, and the Rev. John Chell A.B. is the incumbent. The church is an ancient structure with nave, chancel, side aisles, tower and tree bells, and is about to undergo considerable repairs."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Census

• The parish was in the Kneesall sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1873.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1682.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Southwell.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here, which thy rebuilt in 1875.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Kneesall sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Kneesall is a village and a parish that sits in the east of Nottinghamshire, about 9 miles northwest of Newark on Trent and 4 miles southeast of Ollerton. The parish covers 3,360 acres and includes the townships (lordships) of Kneesall, Kersall and Ompton (or Almpton) Ompton is in the Bassetlaw Wapentake. Laxton parish lies to the northeast.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A616 arterial road southeast out of Ollerton. The road passes through the centre of Kneesall.
  
  

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Directories

• An extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 7064.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
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Politics and Governance

• The parish is in the northern division of the ancient Thurgarton Wapentake in the southern division of the county.
  
  
• Ompton is in the Bassetlaw Wapentake.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Kneesall	Kersall	Ompton
1801	368	50	69
1851	382	109	109
1861	360	83	-
1881	400	59	58
1901	250	57	55

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Schools

• A National School was built here in 1842, funded by the Earl Manvers.
  
  

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