Place:Knaptoft, Leicestershire, England

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NameKnaptoft
Alt namesWalton-in-Knaptoftsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeTownship, Parish (ancient), Civil parish
Located inLeicestershire, England
See alsoGuthlaxton Hundred, Leicestershire, Englandhundred in which part of the parish was included
Gartree Hundred, Leicestershire, Englandhundred in which part of the parish was included
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Knaptoft is a deserted medieval village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire and lies approximately south of the city of Leicester, England. According to the University of Nottingham English Place-names project, the settlement name Knaptoft could mean 'cnafa' (Old English) A boy, a young man, a servant, a menial, or a personal name, and 'toft' (Old English) the plot of ground in which a dwelling stands. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 47.

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