Knebworth
Sign in to saveKnebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England, immediately south of Stevenage. The civil parish covers an area between the villages of Datchworth, Woolmer Green, Codicote, Kimpton, Whitwell, St Paul's Walden and Langley, and encompasses the village of Knebworth, the small village of Old Knebworth and Knebworth House.
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Place details
- Locality
- North Hertfordshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 4,155
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Knebworth
- UK place.population
- 4,538
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- North Hertfordshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Hertfordshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Stevenage
- UK place.post_town
- KNEBWORTH
- UK place.postcode_district
- SG3
- UK place.postcode_area
- SG
- UK place.dial_code
- 01438
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL252201
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- North Hertfordshire
- Population
- +4496
- Image
- St Martin, Knebworth, Herts - geograph.org.uk - 365787.jpg
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Knebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England, immediately south of Stevenage. The civil parish covers an area between the villages of Datchworth, Woolmer Green, Codicote, Kimpton, Whitwell, St Paul's Walden and Langley, and encompasses the village of Knebworth, the small village of Old Knebworth and Knebworth House.
==History== There is evidence of people living in the area as far back as the 11th century as it is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 where it is referred to as Chenepeworde with a recorded population of 33 households and land belonging to Eskil (of Ware), a thegn of King Edward the Confessor. The name 'Knebworth' may mean either the farm belonging to the 5th century Saxon Dane, Cnebba, or simply There is an alternative interpretation, though, that the name could instead have meant 'village on the hill'. The spelling of the name 'Chenepeworde' has since changed to become the modern spelling of 'Knebworth'.