DIRECTORY. ] . KNOSSINGTON. 109 1891 was 58; of Shearsby, area, 1,128 acres; rateable money order office is at Arnesby; the nearest telegraph value, £1,838; population, 225. offices are at Kibworth Barcourt &; '\Yigston Mag!l3 By an Order in 1898, that portion of WaIton in Knaptoft Schools. was added to Walton with Kimcote. National, Shearsby (mixed), erected in 1869, for 70 chi!- Parish Clerk, Reuben Simons. dren; average attendance, 33; Mrs. S. Weston, l'o.1i!;tress Wall Letter Box, Shearsby.-Letters through Rugby Oarriers to .-William Wallis &; Richard Elliottl arrive at 9 a.m.; dispatched at 4.40 p.m. The nearest Kempin, wed. &; sat. at 10 a.m KNAPTOFT. COMMERCIAL. Hunt Shadrach, farmer &; grazier Clutterbuck Oharles Baldwin, farmer Bunt William, farmer &; grazier, Knaptoft house Chance Percy, farmer &; grazier Kempin Richard Elliott, wheelwright, Davies -, farmer &; grazier,TheWarrn Bottrill Mary (Mrs.), Chandler's Arms joiner &; carrier Faulkner Alfred, farmer <& grazier P.R Kilworth Samuel, blacksmith Glover Wilfred, farmer, Knaptoft hall Dunkley. Joseph, carpenter &; grazier Lee William, leather dresser Hefford John, farmer &; grazier, The Dyer Robert, Crown P.R Nuttall Waiter Wingfield, farmer Grange Elliott J. & R. S. butchers &; graziers Read Thomas Waldram, fellmonger Horton Edwardl grazier Flint Charles, grazier Read William, felImonger Morris Jsph. farmr.& grazier, Top Idg Hancock -, farmer Wallis William, carrier &; grazien SHEARSBY. Higgs Lydia Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Willett Oliver, New inn &; farmer Hunt John, boot &; shoe maker Wright John Black, Bath hotel P.R Newcombe James Hunt Sa.rah (Mrs.), shopkpr.&; grazier KNIGHT THORPE, see . KNIGHTON now fvrms part of the borough of Leicester, wLich see. KNIPTON is a pleasant village and parish, 5 miles mentary soldiers. The living i'il a rectory, net yearly north-east from Red Mile station and about the same value £209, with residerce 1l-ud 50 acres of glebe, in west from Har'by station, both on the Newark and the gift of the Duke of llutlwd K.G., P.C., G.C.B. and Market Rarborough branch of the Great Northern and held since I884 by the Rp.v. Edward Richard Jeffreys and North Western joint railways, 7 south-west Nicolls M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford, and J.P. Leic. from , 10 north-east from and The Baptists have a place of worship here. Under I12 from London by rail, via Grantham, in the EasteTn the provisions of the will of Mrs. Jane Clare. division of the county, hundred! of Framland', Belvoir late of Knipton, dated 25 Jan. I886, the interes' petty sessional division, Grantham union and county arising from £250 :\1irlland Railway £4 per cent. De­ court district, rural deanery of Framland (first portion), benture Stock is given for the support of the parochial archdeaconry of Leice.ster and diocese of Peterborough. school at Knipton, and the interest arising from £250 The village is delightfully situated in a beautiful vale, Great Northern Railwa-r I4 per cent. Debenture Srock is on the 'banks of the river Devon. For the purposes of given to be divided between all the poor widows of Knip. outdoor relief this parish is included in the Belvoir Con- ton: the trustees for the above charities are the Rev. tributory Univn, and for other parochial purposes is E. R. J. Nicolls M.A. rector, Geo.rge Draper, and included and forms part of the Belvoir Rural District Frederick William Fletcher. Under the will of William Council. The church of All Saints is a !iRe building of Chester, of Knipton, dated 17th Dec. 1703, the yearly stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, sum of £20 is distributed to the poor of the town on the aisles, north porch and' an embattled western tower, with 10th of Dec. with the exception of £1 4s., which is pinnacles, containing a clock and 3 bells, two of which expended in bibles to be given to poor children. A short are dated respectively 1717 and 173I; the chancel arch distance from the village is a reservoir of 90 acres in is Early English, but has a semi-circular arch: the east extent, partly in the parishes of Branston and Croxton end of the north aisle and the chancel retain piscinre: Kerrial, formed for the purpose of supplying the Gran­ during the restoration a stone, now ip the wall of the I tham and Nottingham canal, and rented by the Great porch, was found in the north aisle, bearing a figure Northern Railway Company. Here are kennels for 60 apparently of a child wearing a stole, and an. in.scription couples of foxhounds of the Belvoir hunt, belonging to the to John Eyre, son of Chriswpher Eyre gent. oIb. 24 April, Duke of Rutland K.G., P.C., G.e.R lord of the manor 1563 (?); another soone' met with, 2 feet 6 inches in and principal owner of the land. The soil is chiefly red length and about I foot wide, has a fine foliated cross, marl; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, of eight members, rising from a graduated base: oats, roots and pasture. The area is 1,248 acres of land there is a memorial window, given by Miss Judith Sills, and 23 of water; rateable value, £2,050; in 189I the to the Rev. G. Turner, a former rector, andt other mem- population was 328. bers of the Turner family; another to John Henry, 5th Parish Clerk, Frederick William Fletcher. Duke of Rutland K.G., D.C.L. d. 20 Jan. 1857, and Lady Post, M. O. & T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel Elizabeth (Howard), his duchess, d. 29 Nov. 1825, given Post, S. B. &; Annuity & Insurance Office.-John Edwd. by the parishioners; and one given by Dr. Eaton, in Senescall, sub-postmaster. Letters through Grantham memory of Mrs. Eaton and her children; there is also arrive at 7.4 a.m.; dispatched at 5.35 p.m. week ~ small stained window in t!Ie tower, presented by Mr. days !Only IIolIand, of Warwick: the silver chalice was purchased National School (mixed), endowed as above, buiI~ in from funds left by Mrs. Jane Michel, in 1684: the church 1850, &; a residence for the teacher, erected in I854. was new-roofedt and restored in 1846, and in 1869 the &; enlarged in 1868, at the expense of the late Duke of north aisle and porch were built: there are 220 sittings. Rutland K.G. for 80 children; average attendance. The register of baptisms and burials dates from 1562; 72; Joseph Scott, master marriages, 1563, and is in good condition; from 1643 to Oarriers to Grantham.-John Hubbard &; .Tohn W. Finn, 1645 the register contains entries of the burial of Parlia- wed. & sab COMME1WIAL. Payne William, carpenter PRIVA.TE RESIDENTS. Belvoir ]Sursing Association (Miss Scorror Edward, farmer Fletcher Frederick William Parker, matron &; sec) Senescall Edward, draper &; grazier Knox Rev. FrederickWm. M.A.(cha{l- Cant Mary Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkpr Senescall John Edwd. baker &; grocer, lain to the Duke of Rutland K.G.), Draper George, farmer assistant overseer &; clerk to parish Knipton priory Finn John W. carrier council, Post office NicoUs Rev. Edward Richaa-d Jefirey·s Galling William &; Son, monumental Smith Alfred, boot maker M.A., J.P. Rectory masons & stone carver. Swain Thomas, butcher Scott Hon. Henry Rober' Hepbnrne- Hart Thos. Marquess of Granby P.B. Towers Thomas, carpenter J.P. The Lodge &; saddler Wright Freeman, grazier Mules Mrs Holmes Fanny (Mrs.), farmer KNOSSINGTON is a t-oWllship, village and parish, archdeaconry of Leicester and diocese of Peterborough. on the borders of Rutland, 4 miles west from Oakham The church of St. Peter is an ancient building of stone, station on the Syswn andt Peterborough branch of the in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, with Midland railway, and 5 miles esst from John O'Gaunt aisles, south porch and a western tower containing 2 station on the Newark and Market Harborongh branch of bells: the church was rest-ored in 1883 at a cost of the Great No.rthern and London and North Western joint £2,500 by A. Duncan esq. and has ISO sittings. The railways, and 16 east from Leicester, in the Eastern register dates from the year 1558. The living is a division of the county, G1irtree hundred, Melten :Mow- rectory, net yearly value £172, with residence and 42 bray petty sessional division, Oakham union and county acres of glebe, in the gift of Edward Frewen esq. and held court district, rural deaneTY of Goscote (first portion), since 1897 by the Rev. George Alfred Tanner RA. of