Knotting, Bedfordshire

Human settlement in England

Knotting and Souldrop

Unitary authority

Bedford

Bedfordshire

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBEDFORDPostcode districtMK44Dialling code01234PoliceBedfordshireFire Bedfordshire and Luton Ambulance East of England UK Parliament

North East Bedfordshire

List of places: UK; England; Bedfordshire

52°15′00″N 0°32′00″W / 52.25°N 0.5333°W / 52.25; -0.5333

Knotting is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Knotting and Souldrop, in the Bedford district, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, located near the border with Northamptonshire. Nearby places are, Sharnbrook, Podington, Odell, Melchbourne, Yelden, Newton Bromswold, Souldrop and Rushden over the border in Northamptonshire. In 1931 the parish had a population of 114.^[1] On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished to form "Knotting and Souldrop".^[2]

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.^[3] The registers date from 1592^[4] 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.^[5]

References

^ "Population statistics Knotting Ch/AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Knotting Ch/AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ "Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland". Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
^ Kelly's Directory (1898)
^ "News : The Trust : The Churches Conservation Trust". Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2009.