Knayton Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.2857°N -1.3372°W
Official Name:Knayton
Static Image:Knayton.jpg
Static Image Caption:Street in Knayton
Civil Parish:Knayton with Brawith
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Post Town:THIRSK
Postcode District:YO7
Postcode Area:YO
Dial Code:01845
Os Grid Reference:SE432879

Knayton is a small village in North Yorkshire, England. It is located north of Thirsk just off the A19. It is linked with the hamlet of Brawith, approximately 1miles away to the west.[1]

History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having four households, of meadowland, and 75 ploughlands.[2] The name of the village derives from an Old English personal name (Cēngifu), and the Old English word tūn meaning town.[3] [4] The Dog and Gun public house faces the village green and the village hall, whilst the village school, Knayton Church of England Academy, is on the western side of the A19.[5] The school was rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in 2017, and again under another inspection in 2022.[6] [7]

There is also a caravan park and bus stop but no scheduled public service, just buses for schoolchildren.[8] Knayton is also the home of The Hillside Rural Activities Park (HRAP) with a cricket pitch, three tennis courts, two football pitches, and is the home of Borrowby show.[9] [10] In 2012 The Willowman Festival was held on the park.[11] There is no church in the village, the nearest is at Leake, further north along the A19.[12]

Knayton forms part of the civil parish of Knayton with Brawith.[13] At the 2001 Census, the parish had a population of 326, dropping to 318 at the 2011 Census. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population of the village and parish to be 310.[14] The village is part of the Thirsk and Malton Constituency.[15]

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Notes and References

  1. Northallerton & Thirsk . 302. 2018 . 1:25,000 . Explorer . Ordnance Survey . 978-0-319-24554-5 .
  2. Web site: Knayton Domesday Book . opendomesday.org . 16 November 2023.
  3. Book: Smith . A. H. . The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire . 1979. 1928. 19714705. English Place Name Society. 206.
  4. Book: Ekwall . Eilert . Eilert Ekwall . The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names . 1960 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 0-19-869103-3 . 482 . 4.
  5. News: Review: Why I entered the Dog and Gun at Knayton with a degree of trepidation . 16 November 2023 . The Northern Echo . 8 December 2018.
  6. News: Chapman . Hannah . Village primary school given rare 'outstanding' rating by Ofsted . 16 November 2023 . The Northern Echo . 27 September 2017.
  7. Web site: Knayton Church of England Academy URN: 144429 . reports.ofsted.gov.uk . 16 November 2023 . 25 July 2022.
  8. Web site: Bus services serving Knayton - North Yorkshire Council Public Transport Information . northyorkstravel.info . 16 November 2023.
  9. News: Hayes . Julie . Hundreds flock to Borrowby Show . 16 November 2023 . Gazette & Herald . 28 July 2011.
  10. News: Sun shines for 73rd Borrowby Show as crowds flock to celebrate rural life . 16 November 2023 . Darlington and Stockton Times . 1 August 2023.
  11. Web site: Willowman Festival 2012 - eFestivals . efestivals.co.uk . 16 November 2023.
  12. Web site: History – St Mary's Church, Leake . leakechurch.org.uk . 16 November 2023.
  13. Web site: Election Maps . ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 16 November 2023 . On the left of the screen is the "Boundary" tab; click this and activate either civil parishes or Westminster Constituencies (or both), however, only two functions can be active at any one time..
  14. Web site: 2015 Population Estimates: Parishes . northyorks.gov.uk . December 2016 . 11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf . 4 June 2022 . 17 November 2023.
  15. Web site: Election Maps . ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 17 November 2023 . On the left of the screen is the "Boundary" tab; click this and activate either civil parishes or Westminster Constituencies (or both), however, only two functions can be active at any one time..

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