Place:Knedlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameKnedlington
Alt namesKnedlingtonsource: from redirect
Cledintonsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 307
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates53.744°N 0.89°W
Located inEast Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1935)
Also located inYorkshire, England     ( - 1935)
See alsoHowden, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Howdenshire Wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which the parish was located
Howden Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district in which it was situated 1894-1935
Asselby, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandparish into which it was part absorbed in 1935
Eastrington, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandparish into which it was part absorbed in 1935
Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandparish into which it was part absorbed in 1935
Kilpin, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandparish into which it was part absorbed in 1935
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source: Family History Library Catalog
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Knedlington is a small hamlet located in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and is now located in the civil parish of Asselby. It is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the market town of Howden and lies to the west of the B1228 road. The M62 motorway is just over 1 mile to the southeast.

Village landmarks include Knedlington Manor, Knedlington Hall, and woodland. Knedlington Hall was protected as a Grade II* listed building in 1966.

In 1823 Knedlington was in the civil parish of Howden and the Wapentake and Liberty of Howdenshire. Recorded was the hall built in the reign of Elizabeth I at the west of the village. Population at the time was 118. Occupations included a farmer and a horse dealer, and the landlord of the Anchor public house. Resident was a gentleman and two yeoman, one of whom was the chief constable and agent to a London insurance company. (Source: Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 361)

In 1935 the parish was abolished and the area was absorbed the neighbouring parishes of Asselby, Eastrington, Howden, and Kilpin.

Research Tips

For information, see Asselby

  • An inspection of the area around the town of Howden on the Ordnance Survey map of 1900 brings up a number places indicated by letters and the phrase "Det.". An index for the letters can be found on the right of the map. At this point Howden appears not to be one entity, but a group of separate parts. The same could be said for its townships. The reason for these separate blocks probably reflects the need to have a river frontage by various land owners over cenutries past. In 1935 many of the parishes were consolidated into fewer larger ones. Depression may have brought about many sales of large estates during the first third of the twentieth century. This, in turn, would have enabled the alteration in parish boundaries.
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