Knaith

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title: "Knaith" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "villages-in-lincolnshire", "west-lindsey-district"] description: "Village in Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "general/civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knaith" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Lincolnshire, England ::

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Field	Value
official_name	Knaith
static_image_name	St.Mary's church - geograph.org.uk - 829989.jpg
static_image_caption	St Mary's parish church
coordinates
population	335
population_ref	(2011 Census)
shire_district	West Lindsey
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
country	England
constituency_westminster	Gainsborough
post_town	Gainsborough
postcode_district	DN21
postcode_area	DN
dial_code	01427
os_grid_reference	SK829847
london_distance_mi	130
london_direction	S
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| official_name = Knaith | static_image_name = St.Mary's church - geograph.org.uk - 829989.jpg | static_image_caption = St Mary's parish church | coordinates = | population = 335 | population_ref = (2011 Census) | shire_district = West Lindsey | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region = East Midlands | country = England | constituency_westminster = Gainsborough | post_town = Gainsborough | 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 about 3 mi south of the town of Gainsborough in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 335.

Knaith is a community with roots in Anglo-Saxon England. Knaith is listed as Cheneiðe in the Domesday Book of 1086 with three households, a meadow of 25 acre and 26 acre of woodland, located in the ancient wapentake of Well, in the West Riding of the Parts of Lindsey. Well no longer exists as a named location, but can be identified on the ground. The Lord of Knaith in both 1066 and 1086 was the St Mary's Abbey of Stow, and the Tenant in Chief in 1086 was the Bishop of Lincoln (St Mary).

There are earthwork remains of Knaith medieval village. These include a medieval deer park created in the early 13th century, which became a possession of John Darcy, 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.

Knaith Hall is a red-brick 15th-century building with some timber framing and is now Grade II listed.

The Church of England parish church of St Mary is 11th century, with alterations from the 14th and 18th, and an 1894 restoration. It is a Grade II* listed building. St Mary's might be the transept or nave of the church of Heynings Priory, a Cistercian nunnery founded probably around 1150.

References

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
2. [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK8384/knaith/ Open Domesday: Knaith.] Accessed 14 January 2022.
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4. [https://opendomesday.org/hundred/well/ Open Domesday: Wapentake of Well.] Accessed 14 January 2022.
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