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Knipton Village Map

Extract from White's Leicester and Rutland Directory 1877

KNIPTON parish, which is in Framland Hundred, Grantham Union and County Court District, gives its name to a very neat village on the banks of the small river Deven, in the picturesque vale a little south of the woody hill and pleasure-grounds of Belvoir Castle, 10 miles N.E. by N. of Melton Mowbray, and 7 miles S. E. of Grantham. Knipton parish in 1871 contained 338 persons, living in 69 houses, on 1480 acres of land, chiefly sandy and hilly. The assessment to the county rate was £2037 in 1876. In one of the sources of the Deven a Reservoir of 52 acres is formed for supplying the Grantham Canal, to which the water passes, in one part through an arched conduit three miles in 1ength. The Duke of Rutland is lord of the manor and owner of most of the soil, and the rest belongs chiefly to the Rev. Charles Heycock. Here are also extensive and hansomely built Kennels, erected by the late Duke of Rutland in 1802, but since enlarged and now occupied by a pack of 120 fox-hounds, which cost £2900. In 1080 the King held Knipton (Cnipeton) as part of the manor of Croxton, and it had 8 carucates, 6 bovates, and 2 ploughs in the demesne; 4 bondmen, 10 villans, 4 bordars, 10 socmen, with 4 ploughs; 6 mills, and 13 acres in meadow. In 1204 Leicester Abbey held the manor, with a mill. In 1513 Edward Watson held the manor and the advowson, and they were purchased in 1620 by Roger, Earl of Rutland. The CHURCH (All Saints) is an ancient structure, with a nave, chancel, north and south aisles, north porch, and a tower containing three bells. It was thoroughly repaired and new roofed in 1845-6, at a cost of £520, when it was fitted up with new open seats, with cast-iron ends, in imitation of carved oak. Four windows which had been blocked up for ages have been re-opened, as also is the arch which separates the tower and nave. The pulpit is constructed of stone, and was given by Lord John and Lady Adeliza Manners in 1844. A new floor of wood, one foot higher than the old one, has been laid down and in the chancel are a few neat monumental tablets. The structure was enlarged in 1809, when the south aisle was built, and four new windows inserted in the north aisle in lieu of the old ones. The east window was filled with stained glass in 1868, at the expense of Miss J. Sills, in memory of several members her family; it is of four lights, and represents the Birth, Baptism, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Christ. The south chancel window was inserted in 1~7l hr William Eaton, Esq., of Stamford, in memory of Eleanor, his wife. The small chancel window, a memorial of the late Duchess of Rutland, was inserted in 1868 by the parishioners; the east window of the south aisle is in memory of the late Duke of Rutland, and was also inserted by the parishioners ; and the small west light in the lower is the gift of Messrs. Holland, of Warwick, whose work, the above-mentioned windows, with the exception of that in memory of Mrs. Eaton, it is. The living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £16 12s. 31/2d., and now at £270 per annum, in the patronage of the Duke of Rutland, and incumbency of the Hon, and Rev. Archibald George Campbell, M.A., who is a son of the late and brother of the present Earl of Cawdor, and has a handsome residence near the church, and 50 acres of glebe. The tithes were commuted at the enclosure in 1797. here is a BAPTIST CHAPEL, erected in 1700. A handsome National School, built by the Duke of Rutland in 1850, was enlarged by him in 1868, at a cost of £176 6s. 9d. Adjoining it is a good house for the master, built by subscription in 1854. Here is also a handsome pump, erected by the Duke of Rutland in 1862, and enclosed with a rustic fence, and covered with ornamental Staffordshire tiles. The poor have £25 4s. a year from Chester's Charity, and it is distributed in coals and money, except 24s. in Bibles.

Post, MONEY ORDER, and Telegraph Office and Savings' Bank at Mr. Edward Senescalls. Letters are received at 8.15 am., and are despatched at 5 p.m. to Grantham.

Arnold John, bootmaker
Brewster Edward, MRCS. Surgeon and medical officer for Melton Mowbray Union, Knipton house
Campbell Hon. And Rev. Archibald George, M. A. rector, The Rectory
Clare Mr Henry
Clarke William, bricklayer
Draper G. farmer and grazier
Fletcher William, assistant land agent
Golling William, mason and builder

Green John, land agent to the Duke of Rutland
Hardy Miss Annie. Schoolmistress
Hart Thomas, saddler
Holdich Rev Chas. Walter, BA. curate
Holmes Henry and John, farmers and grazier
Jenkinson Win. ale & porter merchant
Leake John, tailor
Mules Rev Philip, RD. chaplain to the Duke of Rutland, Knipton cot
Newton James, grocer

Ferkes Robert. parish clerk and sexton
Scorror Mrs Ann, grazier
Senescall Edward, postmaster, grocer, baker and draper
Towers Thomas, joiner and builder
Tyler Mrs Sarah, beerhouse
Wright Uriah, farmer and grazier

Carriers - To Grantham, John Hubbard (of Eaton) and Henry Ryder (of Branstone), Wed. and Sat.

Extract from Kelly's Leicestershire and Rutland Directory 1881

Knipton is a pleasant village and parish, in the
Northern division of the county, hundred of Framland,
Grantham union and county court district, rural deanery of
Framland first portion, archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese
of Peterborough, 7 miles south-west from Grantham, 10
north-east from Melton-Mowbray, 4 from Red Mile station
on the Newark, Leicester and Northampton branch of
the Great Northern and London North Western
joint railways, and 112 from London by rail, viâ Grantham.
The village is delightfully situated on the banks of the
river Devon, in a beautiful vale, and a short distance
from a reservoir 90 acres in extent, which is also partly
in the parishes of Branston and Croxton Kerrial, formed
for the purpose of supplying the Grantham and Nottingham
canal, and tenanted by the Great Northern Railway
Company. The church of All Saints is a fine old Gothic
building, with a square embattled tower, surmounted by
crocketed pinnicales, containing 3 bells, 2 of which bear date
1717 and 1731, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles. porch,
and was new roofed and extensively repaired and restored in
1846 : the south aisle and porch were built in 1869 : in the
north aisle a stone was found showing a figure apparently of
a child, but habited in a stole, with this inscription :"Off
your charite praye for the soulle of John Eyre, son of
Christopher Eyre, gent. which died the 24 daye of Aprill, in
the yeare of our Lord God, 1563 ;" the date is indistinct, it
may be 1563, 1543, or 1523 ; it is now let into the wall of
the porch : in taking down a wall of this church a stone was
found 2 feet 6 inches in length, 1 foot 4 inches wide at head
and 12 inches at foot ; upon the surface appears a fine foliated
star-shaped cross, of eightt members (the "Rosy Cross" of
the Rosicrucians), carried by a shaft resting on a Calvary ;
it is a work of the fourteenth century : the communion
rails were of the time of Charles I. ; they are now re-
placed by a modern oak rail : at the east end of the north
aisle or Belvoir chapel is a piscina, showing the former pre-
sence of a minor alter : the arch opening from this chapel to

The chancel is semicircular Early English, and one of the
best features of the church: there have been added in the
last few years five stained windows; one given by Miss Judith
Sills is to the memory of several members of the Turmer
family, the Rev. G. Turner being a former rector of this
parish; two to the late Duke and Duchess of Rutland, given
by the parishoners; and one given by Dr. Eaton, in memory
of Mrs Eaton and her children ; and a small window in the
tower, the gift of the maker, Mr. Holland, of Warwick:
the silver chalice was purchased from funds left by Mrs.
Jane Michel, in 1684. The register dates, for baptisms
and burials, from 1562 ; marriages, 1563, and is in good
condition; from 1643 to 1645 the register contains entries of
the burial of Parliamentary soldiers. The living is a rectory,
yearly value £247, including 50 acres of glebe, and has a resi-
dence: it is in the gift of the Duke of Rutland, and held
since 1853 by the Hon. And Rev. Archibald George Campbell
M.A. of Balliol College, Oxford. The Baptists have a place
of worship here. The poor have £23 16s. yearly, from
Chester's Charity. Here are kennels for 60 couples of fox-
hounds, belonging to the Duke of Rutland; Frank Gillard
is huntsman. The Duke of Rutland is lord of the manor
and principal owner of the land. The soil is chiefly red
marl ; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barely, oats,
roots and pasture. The area is 1430 acres ; in 1871 the
population was 338.
Parish Clerk, Robert Parks.

Post, Money Order & Telegraph Office & Savings
Bank.-Edward Senescall, postmaster. Letters through
Grantham arrive at 7.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.30 p.m.
week days only
National School, built in 1850, & a residence for the
master in 1854, chiefly at the expense of the rector ; Miss
Kate Jenkinson, mistress
Carriers to Grantham.- John Hubbard, Robt. Ryder
& John W. Finn, wed. & sat

Brewster Edward M.D.
Campbell Hon. & Rev. Archibald George
M.A. Rectory
Clare Mrs.
Drummond George J. The Lodge
Fletcher William

Green John
Mules Rev. Philip B.A. [ chaplin to the
Duke of Rutland]
Brewster Edward M.D. surgeon
Clark William, stone mason
Draper George, farmer

Finn John W. carrier
Golling William, stone mason
Hart Thomas, saddler
Holmes John, farmer
Jenkinson William, maltster
Leak John, tailor

Extract from The Parliamentary Gazetteer
of
England and Wales (1840 - 1843)

Knipton, a parish in the hund. Of Framland, union of Grantham, county of Leicester ; 9 miles north-north-east of Melton-Mowbray. Living , a rectory, formerly in the archd. of Leicester and dio. of Lincoln, now in the dio. of Peterborough ; rated at £16 12s. 3¹/₂d. ; gross income £274. Great and small tithes commuted in 1797. Patron, in 1835, the Duke of Rutland. There is a daily National school in this parish. Charities, in 1837, £25 4s. per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £107 11s. Acres 1,403. Houses 61. A. P. £1,746. Pop. in 1801, 262 ; 1n 1831, 322.

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