| 词条 | Knapwell |
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| official_name= Knapwell | country= England | region= East of England | os_grid_reference= TL331631 | coordinates = {{coord|52.25|-0.05|display=inline,title}} | post_town= Cambridge | postcode_area= CB | postcode_district= CB23 | dial_code= 01954 | shire_county= Cambridgeshire | population = 110 | population_ref = (2001 estimate) |hide_services= Yes |static_image = All_Saints,_Knapwell.jpg |static_image_width = 250px |static_image_caption = Knapwell, All Saints Knapwell is a hamlet in Cambridgeshire situated about {{convert|10|mi|0}} west of Cambridge. It is within the diocese of Ely. Its population was estimated at 110 in 2001. At the 2011 census the population had fallen to fewer than 100. Nearby villages include Boxworth, Conington, Elsworth and the fast-expanding new settlement of Cambourne. HistoryThe settlement was mentioned as a vill at the start of the 11th century and is listed as Chenewelle in the Domesday Book, when it was held by the Abbot of Ramsey.[1] A mound to the north-east of the church is believed to be the motte of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle. It would have been a small fortification, probably with a timber superstructure. The name Knapwell is of unclear origin, though it seems likely that it is named after the chalybeate Red Well in the wood just to the east of the village.[2] The well is probably ancient and was the only source of water for both the village and neighbouring Boxworth. Its waters were known for their medicinal properties.[1] The village's manor house was established in Norman times, between the church and the motte, and traces of a building and moat remain in the wood (Overhall Grove) to the east of the church.[2] ChurchThe village has had a church, dating back to at least 1180. The present church, dedicated to All Saints, was probably built in the early 14th century. The medieval church had a long, low chancel and a three-bay aisled nave, all under a single roof, and a west tower. In 1864 the medieval church was demolished, except for the tower, and rebuilt in a plain Gothic style. The original 14th-century tower is built of field stones dressed with limestone and is unbuttressed.[3] The Knapwell elm treesKnapwell was once celebrated for its many ancient pollarded Field Elms, which marked the old boundaries, closes and lanes of the larger medieval village and which were locally called "the Dodds".[4][5] The trees grew both in the fields immediately bordering the main street and amongst the houses of the modern village. The name may have derived from "dodderel", a dialect word for a pollard.[4] The trees succumbed to Dutch Elm Disease in the 1980s. Village lifeThe village has no shops or pubs, though was home to the Three Horseshoes pub until its closure in 1880.[2] It is adjacent to the wood known as Overhall Grove (not to be confused with Knapwell Wood), which has a notably large number of surviving elm trees. The local primary school is Elsworth CE(A) Primary School[6] in Elsworth. References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=15132|title=Knapwell - The Red Well|publisher=Megalithic Portal}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15471|title=Knapwell|publisher=Victoria County History}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15475|title=Knapwell Church|publisher=Victoria County History}} 4. ^1 Mabey, R. The Flowering of Britain, Hutchinson, 1980,p.97 5. ^Rackham, Oliver Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape,Dent, 1976, p.1171 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.elsworthprimaryschool.org/|title=Elsworth Primary School}} External links{{Commons category|Knapwell}} 3 : Villages in Cambridgeshire|Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire|South Cambridgeshire District |
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