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From John marius WILSON's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)":

"KNIPTON, a parish, with a pleasant village, in the district of Grantham and county of Leicester; on the river Devon, 5½ miles SSW of Sedgebrook r. station, and 7 SW of Grantham. Post town, Branston, under Grantham. Acres, 1,430. Real property, £2, 233. Pop., 369. Houses, 67. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The reservoir of the Grantham canal, covering 90 acres, is here; and kennels for 60 couples of fox hounds also are here. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £295. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is ancient, has a pinnacled tower, and was repaired in 1846. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £25."
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Archives & Libraries

The Library at Grantham will prove useful in your research.

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Cemeteries

Julian P. GUFFOGG has a photograph of All Saints' churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2013.

Richard CROFT has a photograph of some HARRIS family headstones on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2012.

The Baptist Chapel, now closed, has a burial yard next to it.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Denton sub-district of the Grantham (Lincoln) Registration District.
     
  • After the Poor Law Union was re-organized in 1891, the parish was in the Grantham North sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
     
  • The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1841H.O. 107 / 587
1861R.G. 9 / 2348
1871R.G. 10 / 3356
1891R.G. 12 / 2583
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints and is built of stone in the Gothic style.
     
  • The church was built before 1563.
     
  • The church was re-roofed and restored in 1846.
     
  • The north aisle and the porch were added in 1869.
     
  • The church seats 220.
     
  • Kate JEWELL has a photograph of All Saints Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2008.
     
  • J. HANNAH-BRIGGS also has a photograph of All Saints Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2013.
     
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Church Records

  • The church was in the rural deanery of Framland (first portion).
     
  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1562 for baptisms and burials. Marriages start in 1563. The register contains burials of Parliamentary soldiers between 1643 and 1645.
     
  • Knipton marriages from 1562-1837 are in Pallot's Marriage Index.
     
  • The Baptists built a chapel here prior to 1895.
     
  • Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Knipton Baptist chapel on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2016.
     
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Denton sub-district of the Grantham (Lincoln) Registration District.
     
  • After the Poor Law Union was re-organized in 1891, the parish was in the Grantham North sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
     
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Description & Travel

Knipton is both a parish and a village about 112 miles north of London, 10 miles northeast of Melton Mowbray and 7 miles south-west from Grantham in Lincolnshire. The Knipton River runs through the west side of the parish. The parish covers some 1,270 acres and includes the northern shore of the Knipton Reservoir.

The village is on the banks of the River Devon. If you are planning a visit:

  • The village is just northwest off of the A607 trunk road between Grantham and Melton Mobray.
     
  • Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2016. If you can, stop in when they are open and ask for a schedule of forth-coming events.
     
You can see pictures of Knipton which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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History

  • In 1895 the parish had kennels for up to 60 couples of foxhounds.
     
  • John SUTTON has a photograph of the Manners Arms on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2010.
     
  • Robert HARVEY provides a photograph of inside the Manners Arms on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2018.
     
  • Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the village pump on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2016.
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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.
     

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK824311 (Lat/Lon: 52.871076, -0.77727), Knipton which are provided by:

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Military History

  • The Knipton War Memorial is a raised square platform with a three-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned plinth, round sectioned column, capital & decorative wheel cross.
     
  • Kate JEWELL has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2008. The memorial has since been enclosed with a fence and a flagpole added alongside it.
     
  • Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the War Memorial with the flagpole on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2016.
     
  • John SUTTON has a photograph of the enclosed War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2010. Hopefully, the fence will discourage people from parking on the grass verge.
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Military Records

The parish register contains entries recording the burial of Parliamentary soldiers.

In the parish church is a brass mural tablet to the memory of Lt.-Col. Lord Robert MANNERS C.M.G., D.S.O. killed in action in 1917. Robert William Orlando MANNERS of the Northumberland Fusiliers regiment is buried in the Huts Cemetery, Dikkebus. He was half-brother to the Duke of Rutland.

In 1925 Lt.-Col. H. A. W. WEBER resided at "The Cottage".

These are the names from the war memorial cross (from the IWM database, which doesn't tell us which war each person is from):

  1. Butler, Noel
  2. Chambers, Thomas
  3. Coy, Arthur
  4. Gibson, Albert
  5. Goodband, Christopher
  6. Goodband, David
  7. Manners, Robert (see comments above)
  8. Marriott, Cecil
  9. Marriott, Richard
  10. Marriott, Walter
  11. Newton, William
  12. Nicolls, Richard
  13. Robinson, Page
  14. Ryder, John Thomas
  15. Scott, Francis
  16. Tweed, George William
  17. Winters, George
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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient parish in Leicester county and it became a modern Civil Pairsh when those were established.
     
  • The parish was in the eastern division of the county in the ancient Framland Hundred (or Wapentake).
     
  • In April, 1936, this parish was abolished and the area used to enlarge Belvoir Civil Parish.
     
  • Kate JEWELL has a photograph of the Village Hall, which is apparently used by several local villages for community meetings.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard at the Belvior petty sessional hearings.
     
  • Mrs. Jane CLARE in 1886 left the interest from £250 of Great Northern Railway stock for poor widows of the parish.
     
  • After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Grantham Poor Law Union.
     
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Population

 YearInhabitants
1801262
1831322
1851386
1861369
1871338
1881327
1891328
1901331
1911280
1921281
1931273
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Schools

  • A Public Elementary School (National School) was built here in 1850 and enlarged in 1868. That building is now the Village Hall.