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Knightwick, Worcestershire

Historical Description

Knightwick, a village and a parish in Worcestershire, on the river Teme, at the boundary with Herefordshire, 5 miles E of Bromyard, and 4 SW by W of Martley, with a station on the Worcester and Bromyard branch of the G.W.R. Post town, Knightsford Bridge, under Worcester; telegraph office, Knightwick railway station. Acreage, 857; population of the civil parish, 143; of the ecclesiastical, with Doddenham, 366. The scenery is beautiful. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Doddenham, in the diocese of Worcester; net value,, £200 with residence. Patron, the-Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church stands at Knightsford Bridge, and was built in 1856.

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 CountyWorcestershire 
Ecclesiastical parishKnightwick St. Mary 
HundredOswaldslow 
Poor Law unionMartley 

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


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Knightwick from the following:


Land and Property

The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.


Maps

Online maps of Knightwick are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Worcestershire papers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictMalvern Hills
CountyWorcestershire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtWR6
Post TownWorcester

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