Knotting, Bedfordshire

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Knotting
Location within Bedfordshire
OS grid reference TL001136
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Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BEDFORD
Postcode district MK44
Dialling code 01234
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52°15′00″N0°32′00″W / 52.25°N 0.5333°W / 52.25; -0.5333

Knotting is a village in the civil parish of Knotting and Souldrop, in the Bedford borough of Bedfordshire, England. It is located near the border with Northamptonshire. Nearby places are, Sharnbrook, Podington, Odell, Melchbourne, Yelden, Newton Bromswold, Souldrop and Rushden over the border in Northamptonshire.

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Knotting historically formed part of the ancient parish of Melchbourne. Knotting's parish church of St Margaret was initially built as a chapel of ease to the church at Melchbourne. In 1176 Knotting was made a separate parish, independent from Melchbourne. [1]

In 1934 the civil parish of Knotting was merged with the neighbouring parish of Souldrop to become a new parish called Knotting and Souldrop. [2] At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Knotting had a population of 114. [3]

Parish church

The Parish Church is partly of 12th century Norman construction, including a chancel arch with carved decoration, and is dedicated to St Margaret. [4] The registers date from 1592 [5] and many of these are deposited at the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service. The church was vested with the Churches Conservation Trust on 1 April 2009. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Page, William, ed. (1912). A History of the County of Bedford, Volume 3. London: Victoria County History. pp. 139–142. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Relationships and changes Knotting Ch/AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Population statistics Knotting Ch/AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland". Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  5. ↑ Kelly's Directory (1898)
  6. ↑ "News : The Trust : The Churches Conservation Trust". Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
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