Kneesall
| Kneesall | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Kneesall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK703643 |
| Location: | 53°10’16"N, 0°56’53"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 221 (2011) |
| Post town: | Newark |
| Postcode: | NG22 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Newark and Sherwood |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Newark |
Kneesall is a village in Nottinghamshire, in the middlemost of the county, on the A616 between Newark-on-Trent and Ollerton. The village is three miles from neighbouring Eakring and four miles from Laxton.
The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 221.
Parish church
The parish church, St Bartholomew’s, is of the 14th and 15th centuries. The tower was built around 1425. The church was restored in 1846 and 1860, and in 1893 by Hodgson Fowler. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]
The church has an organ by Brindley & Foster.[2]
The parish is today in a group comprising:
In 2004 part of the church was converted into the Bill Helmsley Community Centre, which continues to host local clubs and many events.[3]
About the village
Kneesall was once well known for its one pub, The Angel Inn. The Angel has changed management multiple times in the last decade, most recently reopening in summer 2014. Though having no shops, the village did have a post office, that was closed in 1995.
The Old Hall, built c. 1515–1540 and likely to be the oldest brick building in Nottinghamshire.[4]
A windmill stood beside the Newark Road, marked on a 1774 map, which replaced an earlier mill known as Mettam's Mill. In 1795 the mill belonged to William Taylor.[5]
Though Kingston farm has not been active in Kneesall since 2003, Kneesall is surrounded by open fields that are still farmed by a contractor producing crops such as wheat and rape seed, and still has a dairy farm, providing milk for local villages.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1156936: Church of St Bartholomew (Grade I listing)
- ↑ St Bartholomew, Kneesall: National Pipe Organ Register
- ↑ Kneesall Village: The Community Centre
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1page 159
- ↑ Bradbury, D.J. (1988), Kneesall Knarrative, Wheel Publications, Nottingham. Page 42. ISBN 0-9510634-6-4
