Knodishall

Knodishall
Church of St. Lawrence, Knodishall
Knodishall
Knodishall shown within Suffolk
Population	852 2011 Census
Civil parish	Knodishall
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Saxmundham
Postcode district	IP17 1
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°12′N 1°33′E / 52.2°N 1.55°E / 52.2; 1.55Coordinates: 52°12′N 1°33′E / 52.2°N 1.55°E / 52.2; 1.55

Knodishall is a village in Suffolk, England. The village is 3.5 miles (6 km) southeast of Saxmundham, and 1 mile (2 km) southwest of Leiston. It is 3 miles from the coast. Most of the village is now in Coldfair Green, with only a few houses remaining in the original village by the parish church of St Lawrence.

It comprises a few houses clustered near the church and the hall site on gently falling land on the north side of the Hundred River valley. It is now an outlier of Knodishall Common; a larger settlement a mile to the south east.

"Roger Bigod was the chief landholder here in 1086. Ranulf FitzWalter held 80 acres from him. Another 30 acres held by Bigod had been held before the Conquest by Edward the Confessor's free man, Boti. It had once been held by William Malet and Robert Malet held the soke. 80 acres in Knodishall formed a berewick of Roger Bigod's manor in Saxmundham. John Jenney is known to have been lord here at his death in 1460.

Benefice of Aldringham with Thorpe, Knodishall with Buxlow and Friston."

According to the 2011 Census there were 418 males and 434 females living in the parish. In the 1870s, Knodishall was described as:

"The parish contains also the village of Coldfair-Green, and the quondam parish of Buxlow; and is sometimes called Knodishall-cumBuxlow. Acres 1, 143. Real property, £3, 173. Pop., 442. Houses, 100. The property is divided among a few. There are clay and sand pits. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Buxlow, in the diocese of Norwich."

In 1865 the parish of Buxlow became part of Knodishall and was then known as Knodishall-cum-Buxlow.

The St Lawrence church is located a mile west of the parish of Knodishall and is located at the top of a hill. There is no recorded date of when it was founded, however the parish register begins in 1566. It has a Norman influence with its 15th century tower made of flint that was restored in the 19th century and has one bell. The church has a nave and stained glass windows. The vestry was added in 1838. The church also has a cemetery. On the 7th December 1966, the Church of St Lawrence became a Grade II* British listed building.

The village is dispersed and close to both Leiston and Aldeburgh. It has a village shop, the Butchers Arms pub, a smallholding, a garage and Coldfair Green Primary School. The village expanded with the building of a small housing estate in the mid 1980s. There is also a local history group on Facebook, that are gathering information from the different families in the parish.

"Knodishall Local History Group was formed to collect and preserve memories of life in the Suffolk village of Knodishall, for the benefit of future generations. Since 2012 we have built up a collection of photographs dating from the 19th century onwards, and have begun recording the memories of older residents."

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