Knighton is a chapelry of Leicester St Margaret Ancient Parish in Leicestershire.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. James
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1653
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KNIGHTON, a chapelry in St. Margaret parish, Leicestershire; adjacent to the Midland railway, 2 miles S by E of Leicester. Post town, Leicester. Acres, 1, 020. Real property, £6, 356. Pop. in 1851, 494; in 1861, 641. Houses, 122.
The manor belongs to Sir William E. Hartopp, Bart. Many of the houses are villas, with large gardens, and inhabited by the manufacturers of Leicester.
The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of St. Margaret, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is a neat edifice, with tower and spire.
There are a Wesleyan chapel, and a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
KNIGHTON, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Margaret, Leicester, union of Blaby, hundred of Guthlaxton, S. division of the county of Leicester, 2½ miles (S. S. E.) from Leicester; containing 465 inhabitants. The soil is in general rich. Sir E. C. Hartopp, Bart., who is lord of the manor, has a mansion here. The Midland railway passes through a tunnel of brickwork at this place, 100 yards in length, and 27 feet wide. The chapel is dedicated to St. James. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Leicestershire, Knighton – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions : 1724-1899
Monumental inscriptions Knighton, Leicestershire, England, about 1700-1950
England, Leicestershire, Knighton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Knighton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Leicestershire, Knighton – Church history ( 1 )
The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Knighton (with St. John the Baptist, St. Michael and All Angels and St. Guthlac) : being a short historical and descriptive account
Author: Morris, E.; Cox, Leslie
England, Leicestershire, Knighton – Church records ( 9 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Knighton, 1604-1843
Author: Church of England. St. Mary Magdalen Church (Knighton, Leicestershire)
Bishop’s transcripts for St. Margaret’s Church, Leicester, 1615-1839
Author: Church of England. St. Margaret’s Church (Leicester, Leicestershire); Church of England. St. Mary Magdalen Church (Knighton, Leicestershire)
England, Leicestershire, Knighton, church records
England, Leicestershire, Knighton, church records
England, Leicestershire, Knighton, church records : St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, 1653-1980
Author: Church of England. St. Mary Magdalen Church (Knighton, Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office
England, Leicestershire, Knighton, church records : St. Michael and All Angels, 1898-1994
Author: Church of England. St. Michaels and All Angels Church (Knighton, Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office
England, Leicestershire, Leicester and Knighton, church records
Marriages at Knighton, 1672-1837
Author: Church of England. St. Mary Magdalen Church (Knighton, Leicestershire)
Parish registers for Knighton, 1653-1887
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Knighton (Leicestershire)
England, Leicestershire, Knighton – Description and travel ( 1 )
The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Knighton (with St. John the Baptist, St. Michael and All Angels and St. Guthlac) : being a short historical and descriptive account
Author: Morris, E.; Cox, Leslie
England, Leicestershire, Knighton – Probate records ( 2 )
England, Leicestershire, probate records
Probate records, ca. 1556-1858
Author: Church of England. Prebendal Court (St. Margaret’s, Leicester)
Administration
- County: Leicestershire
- Civil Registration District: Blaby
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Prebendal of St Margaret in Leicester
- Diocese: Peterborough
- Rural Deanery: Christianity
- Poor Law Union: Blaby
- Hundred: Guthlaxton
- Province: Canterbury
