Kneeton
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Kneeton is a hamlet and civil parish in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The population as of the 2011 census remained less than 100 so was included in the civil parish count for Screveton, it was however reported as 47 residents at the 2021 census. The village lies on the A46 road between Nottingham and Newark and is on the escarpment of the Trent Hills that sit above the flood plain of the River Trent. RAF Syerston is nearby. There is a railway station at Lowdham. The church is 14th century Grade II listed, and dedicated to St. Helen. A mid-18th century Grade II listed barn survives a
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- Rushcliffe
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- England
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- United Kingdom
- Population
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Kneeton is a hamlet and civil parish in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The population as of the 2011 census remained less than 100 so was included in the civil parish count for Screveton, it was however reported as 47 residents at the 2021 census. The village lies on the A46 road between Nottingham and Newark and is on the escarpment of the Trent Hills that sit above the flood plain of the River Trent. RAF Syerston is nearby. There is a railway station at Lowdham. The church is 14th century Grade II listed, and dedicated to St. Helen. A mid-18th century Grade II listed barn survives at Hall Farm, Kneeton.
==Toponymy== Kneeton seems to contain the Old English feminine personal name, Cēngifu, + tūn (Old English), an enclosure; a farmstead; a village; an estate.., so 'Cengifu's farm/settlement'.
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