Kneeton
| Kneeton | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Mill Farm, Kneeton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK709458 |
| Location: | 53°0’18"N, -0°56’31"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Nottingham |
| Postcode: | NG13 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Rushcliffe |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Newark |
Kneeton is a village in Nottinghamshire, on the A46 road between Nottingham and Newark-on-Trent. It stands is on the escarpment of the Trent Hills, the little low ridge that stands above the flood plain of the River Trent. The village is close to the eastern bank of the Trent.
RAF Syerston is nearby. There is a railway station at Lowdham.
The population as of the 2011 census remained less than 100.
Name
The name 'Kneeton' appears to contain the Old English personal name, Cengifu; thus 'Cengifu's farm/settlement',[1][2] but Cengifu is otherwise a lady unknown to history.
Parish church
The parish church, St Helen's, is of 14th century, but it was restored and partly rebuilt by Ewan Christian between 1879 and 1890. The church is a Grade II listed building.[3]
It is in a joint parish with St Peter's Church, East Bridgford.
The church contains an organ by Taylor of Leicester which was formerly in Wigston Magna Methodist Church, then Markfield Methodist Church, then Castle Donington Methodist Church and then the Bluecoat School, Nottingham. It was installed in St Helen’s in 1978 by David Butterworth.[4]
History
A mid-18th century Grade II listed barn survives at Hall Farm, Kneeton.
White's Directory of Nottinghamshire in 1853 described Kneeton:
"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."[5]
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References
- ↑ Gover, J. E. B.; Mawer, A. & Stenton, F.M.: 'Place-Names of Nottinghamshire , Part' (English Place-Names Society, 1940), page 266
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 281 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ National Heritage List 1272706: Church of St Helen (Grade II listing)
- ↑ St Helen, Kneeton: The National Pipe Organ Register
- ↑ F. White "Directory of Nottinghamshire" (Sheffield, 1853), p.433