Knaith
| Knaith | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK829847 |
| Location: | 53°21’12"N, 0°45’18"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 335 (2011) |
| Post town: | Gainsborough |
| Postcode: | DN21 |
| Dialling code: | 01427 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Gainsborough |
Knaith is a village about three miles south of the town of Gainsborough in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 335.
Knaith is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book with three households, a meadow of 25 acres and 26 acres of woodland.[1] The Lord of the property was in both 1066 and 1086 was the St Mary's Abbey of Stow, and the Tenant in Chief in 1086 was the Bishop of Lincoln (St Mary).
There are earthwork remains of Knaith mediæval village.[2] These include a mediæval deer park created in the early 13th century.[3] South of Knaith Hall are garden remains from the 16th or 17th century, and the remains of an 18th-century deer park.[4]
Knaith Hall is a red-brick 15th-century building with some timber framing and is now Grade II listed.[5]
The parish church, St Mary's, is 11th century, with alterations from the 14th and 18th, and an 1894 restoration. It is a Grade II* listed building.[6] St Mary's might be the transept or nave of the church of Heynings Priory, a Cistercian nunnery founded probably around 1150.[7]
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References
- ↑ Knaith in the Domesday Book
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 891745 – Knaith deserted mediæval village
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 891739 – Knaith Deer Park
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 891746 – Knaith gardens and deer park
- ↑ National Heritage List 1359480: Knaith Hall, Church Lane (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1064050: Church of St Mary (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 324927 – St Marys Church, Knaith
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, 1964; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09620-0page 290
