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'''Kniveton''' is a village in [[Derbyshire]], [[England]]. It is located in the [[Peak District]], {{convert|3|mi|km}} north east of [[Ashbourne, Derbyshire|Ashbourne]], 6 south west from Wirksworth and {{convert|150|mi|km}} from London. It is close to the reservoir at [[Carsington Water]].
'''Kniveton''' is a village and civil parish in [[Derbyshire]], England. It is in the [[Peak District]], {{convert|3|mi|km}} north east of [[Ashbourne, Derbyshire|Ashbourne]] and {{convert|6|mi}} south west of [[Wirksworth]]. It is close to the reservoir at [[Carsington Water]].


==History==
==History==

===Toponymy===
===Toponymy===
The name Kniveton derives from "Cengifu" and "tun", meaning the farmstead of a woman named Cengifu, an OE personal name.<ref>{{Harvnb|Mills|1998|p=210}}</ref>
The name Kniveton derives from ''Cengifu'' and ''tun'', meaning the farmstead of a woman named Cengifu, an Old English personal name.<ref>{{Harvnb|Mills|1998|p=210}}</ref>


===Early history===
===Early history===


There are two scheduled barrows in Kniveton and [[Thomas Bateman]] excavated one in 1845. A later excavation revealed a rivetted bronze dagger with an ivory pommel, an urn or food vessel, a perforated stone axe and an amber ring.<ref name="megalithic">{{citation |url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=11482 megalithic.co.uk|title=Kniveton |publisher=megalithic.co.uk|accessdate=2009-12-12}}</ref>
There are two scheduled barrows in Kniveton; [[Thomas Bateman (antiquary)|Thomas Bateman]] excavated one in 1845. A later excavation revealed a riveted bronze dagger with an ivory pommel, an urn or food vessel, a perforated stone axe and an amber ring.<ref name="megalithic">{{citation |url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=11482 |title=Kniveton |publisher=megalithic.co.uk|accessdate=12 December 2009}}</ref>


Kniveton is mentioned in the [[Domesday]] book where it is recorded as Cheniveton. The manor belonged to the Kniveton family. The manor was sold after 1660 to the Lowe family and afterwards to the Pegge family who sold it to the Meynells.<ref name=MB>{{citation |author-last=Lysons|author-first=Daniel & Samuel|title=Magna Britannia Vol 5 Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50731#s4|publisher=British History Online |pages=192_202|year=1817 |accessdate=2009-12-12}}</ref>
Kniveton is mentioned in [[Domesday]], where it is recorded as ''Cheniveton''. The manor belonged to the Kniveton family. The manor was sold after 1660 to the Lowe family and afterwards to the Pegge family who sold it to the Meynells.<ref name=MB>{{citation |author-last=Lysons|author-first=Daniel & Samuel|title=Magna Britannia Vol 5 Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50731#s4|publisher=British History Online |pages=192_202|year=1817 |accessdate=12 December 2009}}</ref>


During the 19th century the inhabitants worked in the cotton mills. Lime-burning and agriculture were other occupations.<ref name="genuki">{{citation |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Kniveton/index.html |title=Kniveton |publisher=genuki.org.uk/|accessdate=2009-12-12}}</ref>
During the 19th century the inhabitants worked in the cotton mills. Lime-burning and agriculture were other occupations.<ref name="genuki">{{citation |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Kniveton/index.html |title=Kniveton |publisher=genuki.org.uk/|accessdate=12 December 2009}}</ref>


==Governance==
==Governance==
Historically Kniveton was a township, parish and village in the Western division of the county, part of the ancient Wirksworth hundred, and part of the Ashbourne Poor Law Union which came into existence in January 1845.<ref name="Kelly">{{citation |url=http://www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com/dby/kelly/kniveton.htm|title=Kniveton Kelly |publisher=andrewspages|accessdate=2009-12-12}}</ref><ref name="PLU">{{citation |url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Ashbourne/Ashbourne.shtml|title=PėLU |publisher=workhouses.org.uk|accessdate=2009-12-12}}</ref>
Historically Kniveton was a township, parish and village in the Western division of the county, part of the ancient Wirksworth hundred, and part of the Ashbourne Poor Law Union which came into existence in January 1845.<ref name="Kelly">{{citation|url=http://www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com/dby/kelly/kniveton.htm|title=Kniveton Kelly|publisher=andrewspages|accessdate=12 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504185804/http://www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com/dby/kelly/kniveton.htm|archive-date=4 May 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="PLU">{{citation|url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Ashbourne/Ashbourne.shtml|title=PėLU|publisher=workhouses.org.uk|accessdate=12 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605234812/http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Ashbourne%2FAshbourne.shtml|archive-date=5 June 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
The coat of arms on display in the church's stained glass window is that of the Kniveton family.
The coat of arms on display in the church's stained glass window is that of the Kniveton family.


==Geography==
==Geography==
Kniveton covers {{convert|1974|acre|km2}}, the underlying rock is limestone and the soil is heavy, much of it pastureland.<ref name="Kelly"/>
Kniveton covers {{convert|1974|acre|km2}}. The underlying rock is limestone and the soil is heavy, much of it pastureland.<ref name="Kelly"/>


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==Demography==
==Demography==

===Population change===
===Population change===
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%;border:0px;text-align:center;line-height:120%;"
! colspan="12" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"|Population growth in Clowne from 1881–1961
! colspan="12" style="text-align:center;"|Population growth in Kniveton from 1881–1961
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<small>Kniveton Ch/CP/AP</small><ref name="VoB">{{citation|url= http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10094938&c_id=10001043&add=N|title= Kniveton Ch/CP/AP Population Change|publisher=visionofbritain.org.uk|accessdate=12 December 2009}}</ref>

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Kniveton Ch/CP/AP<ref name="VoB">{{citation|url= http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10094938&c_id=10001043&add=N|title= Kniveton Ch/CP/AP Population Change|publisher=visionofbritain.org.uk|accessdate=2009-12-12}}</ref>
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|}


==Education==
==Education==
In 1715 Mr. John Hurd gave land for the endowment of a school at Kniveton.<ref name="genuki"/> A church school was built in 1861.<ref name="Kelly"/> Today Kniveton CE Primary School serves the village and the surrounding rural community.<ref name="Sch">{{citation |url=http://www.kniveton.derbyshire.sch.uk/|title=School|publisher=derbyshire.sch.uk|accessdate=2009-12-12}}</ref>
In 1715 John Hurd gave land for the endowment of a school at Kniveton.<ref name="genuki"/> A church school was built in 1861.<ref name="Kelly"/> Today Kniveton CE Primary School serves the village and the surrounding rural community.<ref name="Sch">{{citation|url=http://www.kniveton.derbyshire.sch.uk/|title=School|publisher=derbyshire.sch.uk|accessdate=12 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825113913/http://www.kniveton.derbyshire.sch.uk/|archive-date=25 August 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| Primary school
| Primary school
| {{ofsted|112834|112834|}}
| {{ofsted|112834|112834|}}
| [http://www.kniveton.derbyshire.sch.uk/ website]
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20100825113913/http://www.kniveton.derbyshire.sch.uk/ website]
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==Religion==
==Religion==
[[File:Saint Michael's Church, Kniveton, Derbyshire.jpg|thumb|left|St. Michael's Church, Kniveton]]
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[[File:Saint Michael's Church, Kniveton, Derbyshire.jpg|thumb|left|300px|St. Michael's Church, Kniveton]]The church in Kniveton was originally a chapelry to [[St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne|St Oswald's church in Ashbourne]].<ref name="Kelly"/> St. Michael's church has Norman origins as evidenced in the plain semi-circular arch of the porch. It is sited on a small hill, built of coursed rubble gritstone with ashlar dressings in the Early English style and dates from the 13th century; it consists of chancel, nave, south porch and a low embattled western tower with a short spire. The tower has two 17th-century bells, one dated 1665.<ref name="Kelly"/><ref name="gallery">{{citation |url=http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/DBY/Kniveton/PhotoGallery.html photos|title=Kniveton gallery |publisher=wishful-thinking.org.uk|accessdate=2009-12-12}}</ref><ref name="Church">{{citation |url=http://www.derbyshireuk.net/kniveton_church.html|title=Church |publisher=derbyshireuk.net|accessdate=2009-12-12}}</ref> St Michael's Church is a [[Grade I listed building]].<ref name="IoE ST M">{{citation |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=80128 |title=St Michael|publisher=imagesofengland|accessdate=2009-12-12}}</ref>


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The church in Kniveton was originally a chapelry to [[St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne|St Oswald's church in Ashbourne]].<ref name="Kelly"/> [[St Michael and All Angels' Church, Kniveton|St Michael and All Angels' Church]] has Norman origins as evidenced in the plain semi-circular arch of the porch. It is on a small hill and built of coursed rubble gritstone with ashlar dressings in the Early English style. It dates from the 13th century and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and a low embattled western tower with a short spire. The tower has two 17th-century bells, one dated 1665.<ref name="Kelly"/><ref name="gallery">{{citation |url=http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/DBY/Kniveton/PhotoGallery.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030215116/http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/DBY/Kniveton/PhotoGallery.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 October 2007 |title=Kniveton gallery |publisher=wishful-thinking.org.uk |accessdate=12 December 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Church">{{citation |url=http://www.derbyshireuk.net/kniveton_church.html|title=Church |publisher=derbyshireuk.net|accessdate=12 December 2009}}</ref> St Michael's Church is a [[Grade I listed building]].<ref name="IoE ST M">{{NHLE |num=1146435 |desc=St Michael |accessdate=12 December 2009 |mode=cs2}}</ref>
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The former Kniveton Methodist Church dates from 1832. It is built of red brick on a stone plinth with a tiled tipped roof. It is a Grade II listed building.<ref name="Listed">{{citation |url=http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/Images/Kniveton%20-%20Listed%20Buildings_tcm19-94053.pdf|title=Listed buildings|publisher=derbyshiredales.gov.uk|accessdate=2009-12-12}}</ref><ref name="IoE WC">{{citation |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=80119 |title=Former Chapel|publisher=imagesofengland|accessdate=2009-12-12}}</ref>

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The former Kniveton Methodist Church dates from 1832. It is built of red brick on a stone plinth with a tiled roof. It is a Grade II listed building.<ref name="IoE WC">{{NHLE |num=1311858 |desc=Former Chapel |accessdate=12 December 2009 |mode=cs2}}</ref><ref name="NHLE">{{National Heritage List for England| num=1311858 |desc=Former Wesleyan Chapel |grade=II |fewer-links= |accessdate=19 January 2019}}</ref>
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==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Kniveton]]


==References==
==References==
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'''Bibliography'''
'''Bibliography'''
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*{{citation |last=Mills |first=A. D. |title=Dictionary of English Place-Names |publisher=Oxford |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-280074-4 |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?entry=t40.e651&srn=1&ssid=931364015#FIRSTHIT}} {{Subscription}}
*{{citation |last=Mills |first=A. D. |title=Dictionary of English Place-Names |publisher=Oxford |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-280074-4 |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?entry=t40.e651&srn=1&ssid=931364015#FIRSTHIT}} {{Subscription required}}
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==External links==
==External links==
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{{Commons category-inline|Kniveton}}

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[[Category:Villages in Derbyshire]]
[[Category:Villages in Derbyshire]]
[[Category:Towns and villages of the Peak District]]
[[Category:Towns and villages of the Peak District]]
[[Category:Places in Derbyshire listed in the Domesday Book]]
[[Category:Derbyshire Dales]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Derbyshire]]

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For the community in the United States, see Kniveton, Kansas.

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53°02′53″N 1°41′31″W / 53.048°N 1.692°W / 53.048; -1.692

Kniveton is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. It is in the Peak District, 3 miles (4.8 km) north east of Ashbourne and 6 miles (9.7 km) south west of Wirksworth. It is close to the reservoir at Carsington Water.

History[edit]

Toponymy[edit]

The name Kniveton derives from Cengifu and tun, meaning the farmstead of a woman named Cengifu, an Old English personal name.[1]

Early history[edit]

There are two scheduled barrows in Kniveton; Thomas Bateman excavated one in 1845. A later excavation revealed a riveted bronze dagger with an ivory pommel, an urn or food vessel, a perforated stone axe and an amber ring.[2]

Kniveton is mentioned in Domesday, where it is recorded as Cheniveton. The manor belonged to the Kniveton family. The manor was sold after 1660 to the Lowe family and afterwards to the Pegge family who sold it to the Meynells.[3]

During the 19th century the inhabitants worked in the cotton mills. Lime-burning and agriculture were other occupations.[4]

Governance[edit]

Historically Kniveton was a township, parish and village in the Western division of the county, part of the ancient Wirksworth hundred, and part of the Ashbourne Poor Law Union which came into existence in January 1845.[5][6] The coat of arms on display in the church's stained glass window is that of the Kniveton family.

Geography[edit]

Kniveton covers 1,974 acres (7.99 km2). The underlying rock is limestone and the soil is heavy, much of it pastureland.[5]

Radio navigation beacon[edit]

Kniveton also has a VOR/DME Beacon used for air traffic control to the north of the village centre.

Demography[edit]

Population change[edit]

Population growth in Kniveton from 1881–1961
Year 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961
Population 272 269 266 268 260 253 265 276

Kniveton Ch/CP/AP[7]

Education[edit]

In 1715 John Hurd gave land for the endowment of a school at Kniveton.[4] A church school was built in 1861.[5] Today Kniveton CE Primary School serves the village and the surrounding rural community.[8]

School Type Ofsted Website
Kniveton Primary School Primary school 112834 website

Religion[edit]

St. Michael's Church, Kniveton

The church in Kniveton was originally a chapelry to St Oswald's church in Ashbourne.[5] St Michael and All Angels' Church has Norman origins as evidenced in the plain semi-circular arch of the porch. It is on a small hill and built of coursed rubble gritstone with ashlar dressings in the Early English style. It dates from the 13th century and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and a low embattled western tower with a short spire. The tower has two 17th-century bells, one dated 1665.[5][9][10] St Michael's Church is a Grade I listed building.[11]

The former Kniveton Methodist Church dates from 1832. It is built of red brick on a stone plinth with a tiled roof. It is a Grade II listed building.[12][13]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Notes

  1. ^ Mills 1998, p. 210
  2. ^ Kniveton, megalithic.co.uk, retrieved 12 December 2009
  3. ^ Lysons, Daniel & Samuel (1817), Magna Britannia Vol 5 Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, British History Online, pp. 192_202, retrieved 12 December 2009
  4. ^ a b Kniveton, genuki.org.uk/, retrieved 12 December 2009
  5. ^ a b c d e Kniveton Kelly, andrewspages, archived from the original on 4 May 2010, retrieved 12 December 2009
  6. ^ PėLU, workhouses.org.uk, archived from the original on 5 June 2011, retrieved 12 December 2009
  7. ^ Kniveton Ch/CP/AP Population Change, visionofbritain.org.uk, retrieved 12 December 2009
  8. ^ School, derbyshire.sch.uk, archived from the original on 25 August 2010, retrieved 12 December 2009
  9. ^ Church, derbyshireuk.net, retrieved 12 December 2009
  10. ^ Historic England, "St Michael (1146435)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 December 2009
  11. ^ Historic England, "Former Chapel (1311858)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 December 2009
  12. ^ Historic England. "Former Wesleyan Chapel (Grade II) (1311858)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

Bibliography

External links[edit]

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