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Knaptoft
52.5007° N, -1.0768° E
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Knaptoft is a deserted medieval village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire and lies approximately 9.7 miles (15.6 km) south of the city of Leicester, England. According to the University of Nottingham English Place-names project, the settlement name Knaptoft could mean "cnafa" (Old English) for 'a boy, a young man, a servant, a menial, or a personal name' and 'toft' (Old English), the plot of ground in which a dwelling stands. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 47.
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Saxon pottery recovered
8th–9th century
Domesday record
1086
Households recorded
1279
Post-Gobion survey
1301
Enclosure for sheep
1507
Manor rebuilt after fire
1525-1530
Battle-related damage
June 1645
Hall described as ruin
1792
Farmhouse built
1843
Church consolidation funded
1932
Scheduled Monument designation
1954
Tudor remains listed Grade II
2014
Farmhouse demolition and preservation
2019
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