Knipton, Leicestershire

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Knipton is a village in Leicestershire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Knipton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Knipton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Knipton, par. and vil., Leicestershire, in NE. of co., on river Devon, 7 miles SW. of Grantham, 1430 ac., pop. 327; P.O., T.O.; the reservoir (90 ac.) of the Grantham Canal is situated here.

Knipton in the Domesday Book

A village in Framland hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

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