Knipton
| Knipton | |
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 All Saints' Church |
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 Knipton
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| Knipton shown within Leicestershire | |
| OS grid reference | SK824312 |
| • London | 100 mi (160 km) SSE |
| Civil parish | |
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| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GRANTHAM |
| Postcode district | NG32 |
| Dialling code | 01476 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Knipton, is a small village in the civil parish of Belvoir (where the population is included), in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is situated approximately 6 miles (10 km) from the town of Grantham just off the A607, and 10 miles (16 km) from Melton Mowbray. Despite having a Nottinghamshire postcode, and Lincolnshire (Grantham) STD code, the village is located in the postal county of Leicestershire and borders on to the Duke of Rutland's estate of Belvoir Castle.
The parish church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building, with a 13th-century tower at the west and chancel at the east , separated by a 14th-century nave and north aisle. A south aisle was added in 1869 by W. Thompson of Grantham. The churchyard includes two listed table tombs.
Knipton has a village hall, which was built as a Church of England primary school in 1850-4 in a "Tudorish" style on the orders of the Duke of Rutland, and extended to the rear in 1868. The slate roof carries a tall spire on top of a louvred bell turret. The building has been Grade II listed since 1979, and ceased to be used as a school in the late 20th century. There are houses built for the Belvoir Estate in the village including one or two cottages orne built in early Victorian times and some late 19th- century houses
Knipton Reservoir, which was built in the 1790s to supply water for the Grantham Canal, is situated to the west of the village.
Iron Ore was quarried in two areas of Knipton. Both quarrying areas have now been smoothed over and the fields are at a lower level than the roads.
These were an extension of the quarries at Woolsthorpe and Harston. Quarrying began east of the road from Knipton to Croxton Kerrial in 1924, ceasing in 1943. A quarry on the west side of the road operated between 1941 and 1946. The quarries used steam and diesel quarrying machines. The ore was taken away by steam operated narrow gauge tramway to a tipping dock on the standard gauge railway at Harston where it was tipped into standard gauge wagons for transport. In 1956 quarrying began again where it had finished in 1946. By that time the narrow gauge tramway had been replaced by a standard gauge one worked by steam engines which left the wagons in the sidings at Harston from where British Railways locomotives took them away. From 1960 onwards the ore from some of the quarries was loaded into lorries and taken either to the tramway or the sidings at Harston. The tramway was lifted in early 1964 but the lorry worked quarries continued for some while. However production at Knipton had finished by the end of 1964.
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