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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kneesworth like this:
KNEESWORTH, a hamlet in Bassingbourne parish, Cambridge; 2 miles NNW of Royston r. station. Acres, 948. Real property, £2, 250; of which £120 are in gasworks. Pop., 280. Houses, 47. Kneesworth House is the seat of B. H. Wortham, Esq.
Kneesworth is now part of SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kneesworth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kneesworth, in South Cambridgeshire and Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5770
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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