Knightwick

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| country = England

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| official_name = Knightwick

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| static_image = Knightwick - the butcher's shop - geograph.org.uk - 848073.jpg

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| static_image_caption = Knightwick - the butcher's shop

| shire_district = Malvern Hills

| shire_county = Worcestershire

| region = West Midlands

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| postcode_district = WR6

| postcode_area = WR

| post_town = WORCESTER

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Knightwick is a small village and civil parish (with Doddenham) in the Malvern Hills district in the county of Worcestershire, England.

History

Knightwick manor house dates in part from the late 17th century and is a Grade II* listed building.{{cite web |title=Manor House A Grade II* Listed Building in Knightwick, Worcestershire |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101156867-manor-house-knightwick |website=British Listed Buildings |access-date=6 January 2025}}

Knightwick's former parish church has been lost and replaced in 1879 with a mortuary chapel in the village graveyard.{{cite web |title=Mortuary Chapel |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101082192-mortuary-chapel-knightwick |website=British Listed Buildings |access-date=6 January 2025}}

Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Knightwick Parish ceased to be responsible for maintaining the poor in its parish. This responsibility was transferred to Martley Poor Law Union.Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p68 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Previously served by the now closed Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway.

References

External links

[https://archive.today/20121224000942/http://www.knightwick.org.uk/ Knightwick web site]
[http://www.fillhip.com/knightwick/index/knightwick_index.html]

Category:Villages in Worcestershire

Category:Civil parishes in Worcestershire