Kneesall

The Library at Newark will prove useful in your research.

The Library at Ollerton would also be a good resource.

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

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.
   
• The church appears to be a 14th century structure.
   
• The church tower was added circa 1475.
   
• The church was restored in 1873.
   
• The church tower was repaired in 2009.
   
• Neal THEASBY has a photograph of St. Bartholomew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2016.
   
• Christine HASMAN also has a photograph of St. Bartholomew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2004.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1682.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Southwell.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here, which they rebuilt in 1875.
   
• Geoff DUNN has a photograph of the Methodist Chapel in Ompton on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2006.

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

Kneesall is a village and a parish that sits in the east of Nottinghamshire, about 9 miles north-west of Newark on Trent and 4 miles south-east 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 north-east.

If you are planning a visit:

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

• Geograph
• Flickr

• We have an extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Kneesall to another place.

• James HILL has a photograph of the Angel Inn on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2007.
   
• Andrew HILL has a photograph of the A616 through Kneesall on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2012.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK703642 (Lat/Lon: 53.170281, -0.9498), Kneesall which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• Inside the church there is a memorial to the two CHELL brothers who died in World War I. Harold died in 1915 and Alfred died in 1916.
   
• There is a large War Memorial cross at the edge of the churchyard.
   
• There is a large glazed War Memorial tablet that was placed in the church in 1918.
   

These are the villagers who died in World War One:

1. Private Alfred Henry CHELL
2. Lieutenant Harold CHELL
3. Corporal John Henry FOSTER
4. Private George GRATTON
5. Private Walter GRATTON
6. John HALL
7. Private Albert Edward HAZZARD
8. Gunner Wallace PAULSON
9. Private Alfred WALKER
10. Private John WOMBELL

Wallace PAULSON was on the cruiser HMS Natal  when she exploded and sank on 30 December 1915.

According to the Newark Great War Bulletin for 16 August 1915, the parish vicar's son, Lieut. Harold CHELL of the 8th Royal Fusiliers died of wounds on 10 August 1915. He had been a medical student before the war.

The Newark Great War Bulletin for November 8th 1915 tells us that Albert HAZZARD, 20 years old, 8th Sherwood Foresters, had been shot and killed in a freshly-captured German trench.

The parish has, in the past, been given as "Kneesale" and "Chenesale".

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottinghamshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• 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.
   
• The parish council is formally: The Kneesall, Kersall and Ompton Parish Council. You may contact them regarding civic or political matters, but they are NOT staffed to assist you with family history searches.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the old Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2014. You may wish to stop by the new Community Center to ask for a schedule of forth-coming events.
   
• District Governance is provided by the Newark and Sherwood District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Newark petty session hearings every other Wednesday.
   
• The Common Land was enclosed here in 1778.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
   

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

• A National School was built here in 1842 for 120 children, funded by the Earl Manvers.
   
• Andrew HILL has a photograph of the modern primary school on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2012.