| Static Image Name: | File:Fields around Knapthorpe Manor, aerial 2017 (geograph 5330153 by Chris).jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Aerial view of Knapthorpe |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Knapthorpe |
| Coordinates: | 53.12°N -0.895°W |
| Shire District: | Newark and Sherwood |
| Civil Parish: | Caunton |
| Shire County: | Nottinghamshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Newark |
| Post Town: | Newark |
| Postcode Area: | NG |
| Postcode District: | NG23 |
| Dial Code: | 01636 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SK 74010 58698 |
Knapthorpe is a hamlet in the Newark and Sherwood district of eastern Nottinghamshire, England. It is 115miles north of London, 16miles north east of the county town and city of Nottingham, and NaNabbr=NaNabbr= north east of the nearest town Southwell. It is within the civil parish of Caunton.
Knapthorpe was Chenapetorp or Chenatorp in the Domesday Book of 1086. The first portion is Old English cnapa, meaning 'boy,' and possibly used as a personal name,[1] with torp/pthorpe being Scandinavia
Knapthorpe is surrounded by the following local areas:
This area lies to the south west of the parish, and its core is located where Caunton Road, sited between Hockerton and Caunton villages. It is predominantly a farming community, interspersed with some minor industry, and is surrounded by farms, the occasional residential dwelling and greenfield land.
There are four sites within the heart of the hamlet:
Within this central core, the land elevation is approximately 50m (160feet).
There are two small tributaries which rise in the area and flow into the Beck at Caunton.
There is a private landing strip, Caunton Airfield with grass runways for microlight aircraft, east of the location.[3]
Knapthorpe along with Caunton village form Caunton parish.
The parish contained 483 residents at the 2011 census.[4]
It is managed at the first level of public administration by Caunton Parish Council.
At district level, the wider area is managed by Newark and Sherwood District Council.
Nottinghamshire County Council provides the highest level strategic services locally.
Knapthorpe was before the conquest held along with other land by Thori, son of Roal..It was reported upon in the Domesday survey of 1086, then containing four manors.[5] The area was associated with a number of other nearby places suffixed thorpe, namely Beesthorpe and Middlethorpe, these having in common arable soils.[6] The principal manor in the 11th century was held by Walter de Aincourt, who was a large Nottinghamshire land owner. Later owners were descendants of the Deycourt family, the Nevilles, as well as members of the Bussy, Sutton, and Thorold families, alongside the Duke of Rutland.[7] [8]
While much of the area surrounding the residential settlement is agricultural with nearby farms working the land, there are also medium-sized retail premises offering household furnishings and pet supplies processing.