Knipton Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Knipton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1561
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1576

Nonconformists include: General Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist Reform.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KNIPTON, a parish, with a pleasant village, in the district of Grantham and county of Leicester; on the river Devon, 5½ miles SSW of Sedgebrook r. station, and 7 SW of Grantham. Post town, Branston, under Grantham. Acres, 1, 430. Real property, £2, 233. Pop., 369. Houses, 67. The property is divided among a few.

The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The reservoir of the Grantham canal, covering 90 acres, is here; and kennels for 60 couples of fox hounds also are here.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £295. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is ancient, has a pinnacled tower, and was repaired in 1846.

There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £25.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Knipton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscription of Knipton

England, Leicestershire, Knipton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Knipton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Leicestershire, Knipton – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Knipton, 1576-1859
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Knipton (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Knipton, church records

England, Leicestershire, Knipton, church records

England, Leicestershire, Knipton, church records, 1561-1997
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Knipton (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Marriages at Knipton, 1562-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Knipton (Leicestershire)

Parish registers for Knipton, 1562-1976
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Knipton (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Knipton – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Leicestershire & Rutland F.H.S. county burials, 1813-1865, for the parish of Knipton
Author: Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

Parish register printouts of Knipton, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1814-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Knipton, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1837-1885
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Knipton, Leicester, England, christenings, 1813-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Leicestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Grantham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Framland
  • Poor Law Union: Grantham
  • Hundred: Framland
  • Province: Canterbury