# Knaith
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{{short description| Village in Lincolnshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Knaith
| static_image_name = St.Mary's church - geograph.org.uk - 829989.jpg
| static_image_caption = St Mary's parish church
| coordinates = {{coord|53.3533|-0.7550|display=inline,title}}
| population = 335
| population_ref = ([2011 Census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011))
| shire_district = [West Lindsey](/source/West_Lindsey)
| shire_county = [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire)
| region = East Midlands
| country = England
| constituency_westminster = [Gainsborough](/source/Gainsborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| post_town = [Gainsborough](/source/Gainsborough%2C_Lincolnshire)
| postcode_district = DN21
| postcode_area = DN
| dial_code = 01427
| os_grid_reference = SK829847
| london_distance_mi = 130
| london_direction = S
| website =
}}
'''Knaith''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) about {{convert|3|mi|0}} south of the town of [Gainsborough](/source/Gainsborough%2C_Lincolnshire) in the [West Lindsey](/source/West_Lindsey) [district](/source/Non-metropolitan_district) of [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire), England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 335.[{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125331&c=Knaith&d=16&e=62&g=6447741&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1463840482442&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=21 May 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=29 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729125608/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125331&c=Knaith&d=16&e=62&g=6447741&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1463840482442&enc=1|url-status=dead}}]
Knaith is a community with roots in [Anglo-Saxon England](/source/History_of_Anglo-Saxon_England). Knaith is listed as ''Cheneiðe'' in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) of 1086 with three households, a meadow of {{convert|25|acre}} and {{convert|26|acre}} of woodland, located in the ancient [wapentake](/source/Hundred_(county_division)) of Well, in the West Riding of the [Parts of Lindsey](/source/Parts_of_Lindsey).[[https://opendomesday.org/place/SK8384/knaith/ Open Domesday: Knaith.] Accessed 14 January 2022.][{{OpenDomesday|OS=SK8384|name=knaith|display=Knaith|accessdate=6 July 2011}}] Well no longer exists as a named location, but can be identified on the ground.[[https://opendomesday.org/hundred/well/ Open Domesday: Wapentake of Well.] Accessed 14 January 2022.] The Lord of Knaith in both 1066 and 1086 was the [St Mary's Abbey of Stow](/source/Stow_Minster), and the Tenant in Chief in 1086 was the [Bishop of Lincoln (St Mary)](/source/Bishop_of_Lincoln).[
There are [earthwork](/source/Earthworks_(archaeology)) remains of Knaith [medieval](/source/medieval) village.][{{cite PastScape|mnumber=891745|mname= Knaith DMV|accessdate=6 July 2011}}] These include a medieval [deer](/source/deer) park created in the early 13th century,[{{cite PastScape|mnumber=891739|mname= Knaith Deer Park|accessdate=6 July 2011}}] which became a possession of [John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth](/source/John_Darcy%2C_1st_Baron_Darcy_de_Knayth), and his heirs. South of Knaith Hall are garden remains from the 16th or 17th century, and the remains of an 18th-century deer park.[{{PastScape|mnumber=891746|mname=Knaith gardens and deer park |accessdate=6 July 2011}}]
Knaith Hall is a red-brick 15th-century building with some [timber framing](/source/timber_framing) and is now [Grade II listed](/source/Listed_building).[{{NHLE |num= 1359480 |desc=Knaith Hall, Church Lane |accessdate=21 September 2013}}]
The [Church of England parish church](/source/Church_of_England_parish_church) of [St Mary](/source/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus)) is 11th century, with alterations from the 14th and 18th, and an 1894 [restoration](/source/Victorian_restoration). It is a Grade II* listed building.[{{NHLE |num= 1064050 |desc=Church of St Mary |accessdate=21 September 2013}}] St Mary's might be the [transept](/source/transept) or [nave](/source/nave) of the church of [Heynings Priory](/source/Heynings_Priory), a [Cistercian](/source/Cistercian) [nunnery](/source/nunnery) founded probably around 1150.[{{PastScape |mnumber=324927 |mname=St Marys Church, Knaith |accessdate=6 July 2011}}]
==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |authorlink1=Nikolaus Pevsner |last2=Harris |first2=John |authorlink2=John Harris (curator) |year=1964 |title=Lincolnshire |series=[The Buildings of England](/source/Pevsner_Architectural_Guides) |location=Harmondsworth |publisher=[Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books) |page=290 }}
==External links==
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Category:Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
Category:Villages in Lincolnshire
Category:West Lindsey District
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