In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kneeton like this:
KNEETON, or KNEVETON, a parish in Bingham district, Notts; on the river Trent, adjacent to the Fosse way, 2¼ miles SSE of Thurgarton r. station, and 5 N of Bingham. Post town, Hoveringham, under Nottingham. Acres, 924. Real property, £1, 915. Pop., 116. Houses, 26. The property is divided between two. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £58. Patron, the Dowager Countess of Carnarvon. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower.
Kneeton through time
Kneeton is now part of Rushcliffe district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rushcliffe has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kneeton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kneeton, in Rushcliffe and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7496
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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