Kniveton

Other current and historical names

Cheniuetun

Built-Up Area: Kniveton
Parish/Community: Kniveton
District/Borough: Derbyshire Dales
County: Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°3'2"N 1°41'15"W
Eastings/Northings: 421030, 350437
OS Grid: SK210504
Mapcode Local: GBR 59Q.L58
Mapcode Global: WHCF0.1LL1

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

Kniveton in historic gazetteers

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

Kniveton, par. and vil., Derbyshire, 3 miles NE. of Ashborne, 2077 ac., pop. 272.

Kniveton in the Domesday Book

A village in Hamston hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Siward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn of Tuschet (subinfeudated); Earl Hugh
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10/7¼ in 1086
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Woodland: 1 league

British Place Names

Kniveton, Derbyshire

Kniveton is a village in Derbyshire

Kniveton in historic gazetteers

Kniveton in the Domesday Book