Knook, Wiltshire
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 St Margaret's parish church |
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| Knook shown within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 77 (in 2011) |
| OS grid reference | ST938419 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Warminster |
| Postcode district | BA12 |
| Dialling code | 01985 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
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| Website | www |
Knook is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village lies on the east bank of the River Wylye at the edge of Salisbury Plain, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Warminster, on the A36 road to Salisbury.
The parish includes Knook Camp, an accommodation centre for the Salisbury Plain military training area, part of the Defence Training Estate.
Knook, together with the parish of Heytesbury, elects a parish council called Heytesbury, Imber and Knook. Local government services are provided by Wiltshire Council.
The Iron Age hillfort known as Knook Castle is in the adjacent parish of Upton Lovell.
The Domesday Book of 1086 records the manor of Knook as Cunuche, and its entry mentions a woman of the manor called Leofgyth "who made gold embroideries for the king and queen and still does so".
Much of the present manor house was built in 1637. It is Grade I listed.
The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of St Margaret are early Norman, from the late 11th century. They include decorative carved stonework, which is notable in the tympanum to an arched doorway. St Margret's was a dependent chapelry of the collegiate church of SS. Peter and Paul, Heytesbury. A monumental inscription at St Margaret's dating from 1592 asks "Of your cheriti praye for ye soule of Iohn Morgan Gentleman and Elinor his wife with all thaire progenitors and all Christians amen".
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