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Knighton on Teme

Knighton on Teme is a village and civil parish once in the hundred of Doddingtree and now in the Malvern Hills District of the county of Worcestershire, England. Its name is first attested in an eleventh-century manuscript of a charter from c. 957 as Cnihtatun, meaning 'farm of the young men', and also mentions the River Teme.[1]: 52–53 

Knighton on Teme
St Michael's Church
Knighton on Teme
Location within Worcestershire
Population500 
OS grid referenceSO631714
Civil parish
  • Knighton on Teme
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTENBURY WELLS
Postcode districtWR15
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
  • West Worcestershire
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°19′40″N 2°32′37″W / 52.32778°N 2.54361°W / 52.32778; -2.54361

The parish consists of the village of Newnham Bridge and several small hamlets including Aston Court, Bickley, Cainey, Clethill, Cornwood, Deptcroft, Field Farm, Knighton, Maythorn, Newnham, Oxnall Farm, Stony Cross, Little London and Woodgates Green.[1]: 52–55  It has a population of around 500 people and about 200 houses.[2] A Norman Romanesque church in the parish, St Michael and All Angels, is a Grade I listed building.

History edit

Domesday Book states the parish as having a priest in 1086.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b A. Mawer and F. M. Stenton, The Place-Names of Worcestershire, English Place-Name Society, 4 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1927).
  2. ^ Davies, Pearl G (2008). "Welcome to Knighton on Teme Parish Council". Worcestershire County Council. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ Davies, Pearl G (2008). "Welcome to Knighton on Teme Parish Council". Worcestershire County Council. Retrieved 15 October 2019.


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