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Rh KNOWBURY. 515 KNOWSTONE. KXl JW I ! TRY, a colliery vil. and ecclesiastical district in tho hund. of Munslow, co. Salop, 4 miles E. of Lud- low, and 24 S.E. of Shrewsbury. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 100, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is a modern edifice dedicated to St. Paul. KNOWE, a post-office vil. in the par. of Penning- hame, co. Wigton, Scotland, 7 miles N. of Wigton, and 2 from Newton Stewart. KNOWLE, a tythg. in the par. and hund. of Buck- land Newton, Cerne div. of co. Dorset, 3 miles N.E. of Cerne-Abbas, and 2 N.E. of Buckland Newton. It is united with Brockhampton to form a township. KNOWLE, a tythg. in the par. of Buckland Newton, co. Dorset, 3 miles N.E. of Cerne-Abbas. KNOWLE, a tythg. in tho par. of Bedminstcr, co. Somerset, 2 miles S.W. of Bristol. KNOWLE, a tythg. in the par. of Chew Magna, co. Somerset, 5 miles S. of Bristol. It is joined with Knightou Sutton. KNOWLE, a tythg. in the par. of Long Sutton, co. Somerset, 4 miles N.W. of Ilchester. KNOWLE, a hmlt. in the par. of Keighley, wap. of Eist Stainclift', West Riding co. York, 3 miles from Krighlcy, and 35 W. of York. KNOWLE, a hmlt. in the par. of Selworthy, co. Somerset, 3 miles W. of Minchead. KNOWLE, a chplry. in the par. of Hampton-in- Ardcn, Solihull div. of the hund. of Hemlingford, co. Warwick, 10 miles from Birmingham, its post town, 2^ S.E. of Solihull, and 1 mile from tho Knowle station" on tho Birmingham railway. The village stands on an eminence near the Birmingham and Warwick canal. The manor was formerly held by Queen Eleanor, and subsequently by Westminster Abbey. Petty sessions for the division are held here during the winter months, in conjunction with Solihull. The impropriation belongs to Leicester's Hospital, at Warwick. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 112. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an ancient structure. It had once a chantry, founded by Walter Cook, a priest, in the reign of Richard II. In the inte- rior are wall-paintings, sculptured stalls, and stone seats. There is an endowed school for both sexes, founded by the Hon. Algernon Greville ; and one for the education i and clothing of boys for three years, by the Hon. Mrs. Sarah Greville, in 1720. There are various benefactions for tho poor, the principal of which is by Fulk Greville, Esq., in 1742. Colonel Unett is lord of tho manor. KNOWLE, a tythg. in tho par. and hund. of Cre- diton, co. Devon, 2 miles N.W. of Crediton. The village is considerable. It was formerly tho seat of Colonel Montague, whose collection of birds is now in the British Museum. KNOWLE, GREAT and LITTLE, hmlts. in the par. of East Budleigh, co. Devon, 4 miles S.W. of Sidmouth. KNOWL-END, a tnshp. in the par. of Audley, N. div. of the hund. of Pirehill, co. Stafford, 1 mile S.W. of Andley, and 4 N.W. of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is situated on the summit of a rock, and contains tho hmlt. of Shaley-Brook. There are remains of Heley Castle, formerly the seat of the lords Audley. There is a chapel for Wesleyans. KX'OWLK 1'ARK, a demesne near Sevenoaks, co. . The park, which is 6 miles in circumference, is shaded by oaks and beeches, and is well stocked with deer. . The mansion, which is built in the form of iilranglo, covers 5 acres, and is in various styles of i lecture, having been commenced by the Marshalls, earls of Pembroke, continued by the Bourchiers, and !':U'd by the Sackvilles, in tho reign of James I. mpriscs a lofty gatehouse, grand hall, state bcd-
 * of James I., and an oak gallery of paintings

bo best masters, including paintings by Corrcggio, i:mdt, Tcniers, and Titian, portraits by Holbein, Jarvis, Kncller, L'-ly, K-ynolds, Mytens, and Vandyek; ipics of the cartoons by Mytens, and a classic statue mosthenes found in Campania. It has been the residence of some of the most distinguished historic per- sonages, including the Marshalls and Bigods, of Cran- mer, who resigned it to Henry VIII., of the Protector Somerset, of Dudley Duke of Northumberland, of Car- dinal Pole, of Dudley Earl of Leicester, and in recent times of the dukes of Dorset. It is now the seat of the Dowager Countess of Plymouth. KNOWLE ST. GILES, a par. in the hund. of South Petherton, co. Somerset, 3 miles S.W. of Ilminstcr. Chard is its post town. The village is small, and wholly agricultural. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 72, in Iho patron, of the Bishop of London. The church, dedicated to St. Giles, is a plain structure with a turret containing two bells. Earl Poulett is lord of the manor and chief landowner. KNOWL HILL, a vil. and ecclesiastical district in the par. of Hurley, co. Berks, 4 miles S.W. of Maiden- head. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioo. of Oxford, and patron, of the Vicar of Hurley. There is also a small place of the same name in co. Surrey, about 4 miles E. of Guildford. KNOWLS, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Fixby and par. of Halifax, West Riding co. York, 4 miles S.E. of Halifax, and 2 N. of Huddersfleld. KNOWLTON, a hund. in the East Shaston div. of co. Dorset, contains the pars, of Long Critchill, Gussage, All Saints, and Woodlands. KNOWLTON, a hmlt. in the hund. of the same name, co. Dorset, 3 miles S.W. of Crunborne, arid 36 N.E. of Dorchester. KNOWLTON, a par. in the hund. of Eastry, lathe of St. Augustine, co. Kent, 5 miles S.W. of Sandwich, 10 S.E. of Canterbury, and the same distance N.W. of Dover. Wingham is its post town. It is a very small parish, and the soil is chiefly chalk. There is no village. The manor formerly belonged to Sir Cloudesley Shovel], to whom it came by marriage with tho widow of Sir John Harborough, whoso two sons were drowned with Sir Cloudesley when his vessel was wrecked off the Scilly Isles. Tho living is a rcct. * in the dioc. of Can- terbury, val. 150. The church is a small edifice, dedicated to St. Clement. The principal residence is Knowlton Park, the scat of Admiral G. W. H. D'Acth. It has an extensive and well wooded park, comprising an area of above 300 acres. KNOWSLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Huyton, hund. of West Derby, co. Lancaster, 3 miles N.W. of Prescot, its post town, and 2J N. of the Huyton railway station. The village is considerable. Nearly two-thirds of the parish are woodland and park ground surrounding Knowsley House, which, since the injury that Latham House sustained in tho parliamentary war, has been the principal residence of the earls of Derby. The mansion is a spacious structure of stone with two circular towers, and contains a magnificent gallery of paintings by the first Italian and Flemish masters, also a fine collection of family portraits, including Thomas, the first earl, and father-in-law to Henry VII., whom he accompanied to the battle of Bosworth. It has undergone numerous additions since the visit of Henry VII. to his mother, the Countess of Derby, and was thoroughly restored in 1735 by William, tho tenth earl. This noble mansion is open to visitors on certain days. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lancaster, val. 300. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a modern structure, with a tower crowned by a spire, and containing a clock and one bell. There are National and infant schools, wholly supported by tho Earl of Derby. KNOWSTONE, a par. in the hund. of South Molton, co. Devon, 9 miles S.E. of South Molton, and 13 N.W. of Tivcrton. The village, which is small, is situated on rising ground. Tho inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. The soil is clayey, and subsoil rock. The living is a vie. annexed to that of Holland. Tho church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient structure, with a square embattled tower containing three bolls. The interior of the church contains an altar window, a plain Norman doorway, and several monuments. The parochial charities produce about 3 10s. per annum.