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Knaptoft, Leicestershire

Historical Description

Knaptoft, a township and a parish in Leicestershire. The township lies near the Grand Union Canal, the Market Harborough and Rugby branch of the L. & N.W.B., and the boundary with Northampton, 2 miles WNW of Thed-dingworth station, and 7 ENE of Lutterworth. The parish contains also part of the hamlet of Walton, and The chapel-ries of Shearsby and Mowsley. It has a post office under Rugby; money order and telegraph office, Theddingworth. Area of township, 1420 acres; population, 58. A mineral spring of some medicinal repute, but not much resorted to, is at an inn in Shearsby township. The living is a rectory, with the chapelries of Shearsby and Mowsley, in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £664. The parish church is a ruin, and the parishioners use the churches of Shearsby and Mowsley. The church at Shearsby was a building of stone in the Early English style. The tower was erected in 1789, and the rest of the church, with the exception of a part of the E wall, was rebuilt m 1872, The church at Mowsley is an ancient cruciform building of stone in the Early English style. Bishop Watson was rector.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLeicestershire 
HundredGartree 
Poor Law unionLutterworth 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Knaptoft from the following:


Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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DistrictHarborough
CountyLeicestershire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLE17
Post TownLutterworth

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