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Kneeton (Kneveton)

"Kneeton, or Kneveton, is a small village and parish, occupying a commanding situation upon a lofy precipitous cliff on the south side of the Trent, 8 miles south-west of Newark. It contains 169 inhabitants and 990 acres of land, all belonging to the Earl of Caernarvon, except about 140 acres. A great part of the manor was given to Welbeck Abbey, but in the reign of Edward VI it was held of the King in capite by Sir Edward Molyneux, whose descendants resided here for many generations. The family mansion, however, was taken down in 1781, when their estates passed with their sole heiress to the Late Lord Howard, whose daughter, the Hon. Henrietta Howard Molyneux, was married in 1830 to Lord Porchester. Lord Caernarvon is lord of the manor, and patron of the living, which is valued in the King's books at £4 9s 4d (now £58), but has received three augmentations from Queen Anne's Bounty, two of which have been laid out in land, and the third, £400, is still in the augmentation office. The Rev. Richard R. Rawlins is the incumbent. The church is a small fabric, with a tower and three bells, and contains several ancient monuments of the Story family.
The view in the vicinity are beautiful and extensive, including a considerable portion of the picturesque vales of the Trent and Belvoir."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Census

• The parish was in the Bingham sub-district of the Bingham 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 Peter.
  
  
• The date of original construction is unreported.
  
  
• The church was in a dilapidated condition in 1881.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1592, but the early years are in poor condition.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Bingham.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel

Kneeton is a village and a parish on the east bank of the River Trent, across the river from Hoveringham, 5 miles north of Bingham, 8 miles south-west of Newark-on-Trent and 3 miles east of Lowdham. The parish covers 983 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A52 trunk road out of Nottingham or Grantham. Turn north onto the A46 trunk road and proceed about 4 miles. The village of Kneeton will be on your left.
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 7146.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Bingham Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Bingham Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Population
1801	88
1851	109
1861	116
1871	117
1881	115
1891	115
1901	113
1911	113
1921	103

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Schools

• A parish school was built here in 1871.
  
  

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