Description
Knockin, a village and a parish in Salop. The village stands near an affluent of the river Severn, 6 miles SE by S of Oswestry; was anciently called Cnukyn; was the scene of a defeat of Welsh insurgents, under Madoc, in the time of Henry III.; was once a market-town; and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Oswestry. The parish comprises 1610 acres; population, 242. The manor belonged anciently to the family of L'Estrange, who had a strong castle here, and belongs now to the Earl of Bradford. Knockin Hall is the chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Asaph; gross value,, £249. Patron, the Earl of Bradford. The church is ancient, and was almost entirely rebuilt in 1847.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
